No matter how carefully they craft their official rhetoric, politicians occasionally reveal their true ideas in off-the-cuff exchanges. John McCain just had one of those moments, suggesting that the attack on Iraq and subsequent occupation was, ummmm, about the oil. Gosh, could those crazy lefties have been right after all?
“My friends, I will have an […]

I whinge about the AGE op-ed pages a lot. I realise the Australian (formerly the Government Gazette) and the Hun are full of horrors, too. It’s just that the AGE is my daily dead-tree read of choice, and as a consumer I feel the need for some of that fact-checking and investigative journalism on which […]

It would surprise me if a pundit somewhere hasn’t already observed how symbolic it was that Kevin Rudd’s first act as prime minister was to commit Australia to Kyoto. You know how it would read … new generation, recognising the dominant issue of our time, that sort of thing.
The symbolism was significant, but not because […]

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In my self-centred frenzy of spruiking our new plan for world domination family business on my own blog, I missed the National day of Action on the Northern Territory Intervention yesterday. So here’s a roundup of links and commentary from Australia and the US. After all, the election focus has switched back to “responsible […]

With a houseful of teenagers having a sleepover, plus two little boys doing the same (accidentally double booked), and a nasty head cold, the obvious thing to do was to slam the bedroom door on the lot of ‘em– Ginger tea in hand, ignoring the various thumps, Muuuuummmm!!s, and muffled screams from the other side […]

… and now Al Gore’s son has been arrested on drug charges.
Oh well … there goes the credibility of the campaign to stop global warming. Won’t the wingnut bloggers have a field day!
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I heard Fran Kelly interview SA premier Mike Rann on Radio National Breakfast a few days ago. Apparently Rann has totally gone over to the nuclear industry and is all enthused about his new interest. I haven’t been able to find a transcript, but a recent interview with him is here.
What with JHo being all […]

Aussie Bob’s given the prime minister’s plan to save the planet the raspberry it deserved in his post earlier today, and others have commented on Howard’s increasingly bizarre efforts to give the impression that he’s got some worthwhile policy intiiatives. I’m intrigued, though, by the extent to which his rhetoric is also revealing the man’s sheer desperation […]

Yep, just like our own prime minister, the USA has finally turned the corner and is facing up to the challenge of global warming. To demonstrate the new-found sense of urgency, emissions of greenhouse gases in the USA are actually increasing at a slower rate than economic activity. The sacrifices that ordinary people are making must be […]