EVENTS in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya are now revealing yet again the utter failure of the Middle East policy of the Administration of George W Bush, much of which is being continued by the Obama Administration. Continue reading “How not to establish democracy in the Middle East”
Month: February 2011
Secrecy has its political cost
WHAT a contrast. I used to think that state and territory level governments were inept, prone to corruption, stupid, and generally worse than the Feds every time. I used to think that the smaller the government, the worse it got. Continue reading “Secrecy has its political cost”
Do we need to know we are going 240km/h?
SOMETIME in the mid-1970s I wrote an article about taking my ancient Holden car to the Dickson Motor Registry for its annual registration check-up. Continue reading “Do we need to know we are going 240km/h?”
Cyclone not god-made freak but man-made warming
THE destructive energy from a cyclone comes as water evaporates from the ocean and the saturated air rises. As it condenses it releases energy, some of it in the form of wind. Continue reading “Cyclone not god-made freak but man-made warming”