The Journal
Politics
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Thoughts on Bin Laden’s Death
I wrote a few weeks ago that the death penalty should be kept as an option, but used very rarely – when it seemed to be the only way to protect society from a vicious and dangerous…
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Renewable Wonder Fuel Not So Wonderful
The World Bank’s annual index shows global food prices have soared 36 per cent in 12 months, adding a further 44 million people to the 1.2 billion who live in extreme poverty. The greater proportion of…
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Boards and Quotas
Fifteen years later, a letter from the then CEO of Cypress (a US designer and manufacturer of semi-conductor based technology) is still the best response to demands for quotas of women or minorities on company (or…
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Hamas Wants A Ceasefire
Nothing better than to lob a hundred mortars over the border, fire a few rockets at school buses, and then shout ‘Cease fire!’ Because then Hamas can say, ‘But we want peace, we want a ceasefire. Why is…
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Eritrea to UN: Thanks But No Thanks
I have written before that the more aid a country receives, the more likely it is to be locked into a cycle of increasing poverty. So it is interesting that Eritrea has just written to the…
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Emperor Obama
Minion: Sire, the people have no fuel! Obama: Then let them drive hybrids. I am surprised (OK, I’m not) that this has not had wider coverage in the press. Fuel prices in the US have risen…
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Julia’s Advice to Michael Clarke
Well, I guess that’s what she was trying to do; offer advice to the Australian cricket team as they prepare to face Bangladesh in Dhaka. That’s the trouble with Julia – you have to guess what…
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On Burning Korans, etc
Quite frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn if someone wants to burn a book, any book. If a person’s paid for a book, he can do what he likes with it. I am not…
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Where Would You Like To Live?
Given odd exceptions (I wouldn’t want to live in Venezuela at the moment, for example) where would you choose to live? Where are women treated as equals, and gays and lesbians accepted and safe? Where would you feel…
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Being Who We Are Part Two
Just a few brief thoughts. One: It seems to me quite clear, at the risk of incurring judicial wrath, that Justice Bromberg would very much like to find against Andrew Bolt and the Herald and Weekly Times.…
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Being Who We Are
My mother’s grandfather was Norwegian. He was a very old man when I was young. He was born in the late 1800s, and was one of the last generation of merchant seaman to sail in commerical wind-powered ships.…
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If Libya, Why Not … ?
Bill O’Reilly says that despite lack of clarity about process (eg, no congressional approval, no clear and present danger to the US), America’s involvement in Libya is a good thing: On the left … Ralph Nader is…
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Michael Mann’s Last Gasp
After the name calling, the next step of desperate malingerers is to take people who disagree with them to court. So it should come as no surprise that having been caught fiddling with the facts yet…
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A Little More on the Pretentious Stupidity of Earth Hour
Earth Hour is a waning fad. A couple of years ago, when I left security lights on in my shop, people wanted to know why I was not interested in saving the planet. This year, when…
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Andrew Bolt and Aboriginality
Andrew Bolt will appear in the Australian Federal Court this week to face complaints made against him and the Herald and Weekly Times under Australia’s Racial Discrimination Act 1975. In 1995 provisions were introduced into that act…
