Revenge of the Wog Boys
On ABC Radio National’s Breakfast program last week, James Carleton deployed the most effective weapon…More
Browsing: Australian Politics
An Unlikely Victory
Kevin Rudd has selected his champion for Bennelong, Maxine McKew, and sent the pundits speculating…More
Chewin' the Gristle
Hello Gristlers! and welcome to Chewin’ the Gristle, the week’s political bits that we found…More
Hope in the Shanty Towns
I arrived in Johannesburg late last month to the news that South Africa, for the…More
Choice Cuts
On the grass outside an abattoir on the Western Plains of New South Wales, in…More
A Starguide for Skeptics and Cynics
PiscesYou dream you are watching a football match between the Bolsheviks and the Mencheviks. A…More
The Maxine Factor
It doesn’t take much. Far from being a calm and confident one might even say,…More
Dead-Eye Dick and the Deputy
What has Deadeye Dick Cheney been smoking since 9/11? But, before we try to answer…More
Beyond Empty Rhetoric
Unlike the nearby city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and its capital…More
Blogging and Islam
Abdel Kareem Nabil Suleiman is an Egyptian blogger who dared to speak out against his…More