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  • Ode to John Howard

    Nothing, apart from the Howard Government winning this years election, (which is not going to happen), would disappoint me more than if John Howard had chosen not to contest it as his party’s leader. For a while it seemed, he… Continue reading

  • The Rat to go Down with his Ship

    Nothing, apart from the Howard Government winning this years election, (which is not going to happen), would disappoint me more than if John Howard had chosen not to contest it as his party’s leader. For a while it seemed, he… Continue reading

  • Election Looms – Howard’s Doom?

      After what seems to have been a year of a phony election campaign, the incumbent John Howard, Australia’s Prime Minister, will soon have to call an election. He is in no hurry to do so, as his so-called ‘Liberal’… Continue reading

  • Mohamed Haneef; The Politics Of Hate

    Of one thing we can be sure. Australian Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty, Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews, and Prime Minister John Howard will pursue Mohamed Haneef with every ounce of their being. Far more important for them now, is not… Continue reading

  • It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over

    Some time ago I wrote a blog suggesting that the point where US had lost the war in Iraq had now passed. (see Terra Firma Blogs, “The Beginning of the Beginning of the End “). It was written on the 8th… Continue reading

  • Michael Moore’s Lies?

    Response to a letter accusing Mike Moore of Goebbels-like propaganda. Simon Magdulski (9/11) refers to “Michael Moore’s Goebbels-like propaganda” in the same vein as many supporters of George Bush and his agenda in Iraq. Does he believe that the constant… Continue reading

  • On Children Overboard

    This letter was emailed to The Australian on 17th August, and refers to an editorial about John Howard’s apparent lies about the ‘children overboard’ incident prior to the last election, and the revelations of a senior public servant that Howard… Continue reading

  • THE ENEMIES OF FREEDOM

    Letter to The Australian in response to Greg Sheridan lumping people who want to celebrate the 150th year since the Eureka stockade somehow with the opposition to the purchase of Abrams tanks. Greg Sheridan is even outdoing himself with his… Continue reading

  • The Agony and the Ecstasy

    Watching the ABC’s Q&A tonight was excruciating. A good program, somewhat like a good Government which can’t get it’s message out, was bogged down for a half hour of leadership discussion which brought to light absolutely nothing. Julie Bishop point-scored,… Continue reading

  • The Trial of Lindy Chamberlain

    This essay was written in the 1980’s, after Lindy Chamberlain had been jailed for the murder of her infant daughter, Azaria, who had been taken by a dingo at Uluru (Ayers Rock). It seeks to expose the ridiculous logic which… Continue reading