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28 July, 2010

Secrecy Makes Us Stupid

‘Need To Know’ Basis Is ‘Need To Be Dumb’ The big sensational news in the last couple of days has been Wikileaks’ big leak of US military files which has put a detailed picture of how the war is being … Continue reading →

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10 January, 2010

Cricket Stuff – 10/01/10

C’arn Mr Roebuck! I was at a barbecue gathering last night with some folks at Puncher And Wattman and the subject inevitably turned to cricket. It prompted a quick discussion on what people thought of this column by Peter Roebuck. … Continue reading →

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6 December, 2009

Is It News?

Tiger Woods Shags Women I’m sort of bemused by the degree of sensationalism invested in this week’s news item that Tiger Woods had a car accident as a result of running from his wife who was swinging a golf club … Continue reading →

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15 August, 2009

Perplexed With The Google-Plex

The Shoe On The Other Foot It hurts when you can’t manipulate the market like you used to. At least, that’s the message I’m getting from this article in the SMH. With nearly 10 million visitors a month Google is … Continue reading →

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6 June, 2009

Why The Economist Is Cool (Sometimes)

Maybe It’s Just This Lexington Dude Here’s something very droll and funny. A recent Pew poll showed that public opinion about Mr Obama is sharply divided along party lines. Some 88% of Democrats approve of the job that he is … Continue reading →

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14 May, 2009

Gruen Censor

ABC Censorship Hoopla God, you know it’s a good week when the ABC censors something and there’s a circus on the internet. The Gruen Transfer put up a brief for “selling the unsellable” – except this time it was for … Continue reading →

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