It’s Been a Time Coming
“I come to the dangers posed by the increasing entrenchment of the treaty in statute. The treaty itself contains no principles which can usefully guide government or courts.” – Lange
History
Picts: the Original Mad Lads
There’s a reason the Romans built a wall on the Scottish border.
A Hit-Run on a Mob Boss’ Kid Ended Just as You’d Think
When John Favara accidentally killed John Gotti’s young son, it ended pretty much as you’d imagine.
Resisting Centralist Power – Part 2
The balance of the States’ financial requirements is met through Commonwealth grants. This gives the Commonwealth enormous economic power and influence, and is inefficient and inequitable.
Pro-Putin Movement Expands Across Former Soviet Bloc
All these changes are signs of an unsettled European and global security order. When and how the war in Ukraine ends will determine what kind of new order is likely to settle in.
Desire, Scapegoats and Death: Girard
Girard would talk of such tiers being ‘the community’ and the ‘scapegoat’ – the latter to have all the sins of society placed upon them and then be removed.
How the Parties of the Left Have Changed in Recent Years
While woke progressives, schismatic racists and apocalyptic environmentalists rule the roost on the left, it is unlikely that the key voter demographic of the “working class” will support them in sufficient numbers to allow a return to power.
Unions and the Workers Who Inspired Labor Day
Workers’ rights weren’t always what they are today.
Resisting Centralist Power – Part 1
The desire of West Australians to separate from the Federation was not fulfilled as the British Imperial Parliament refused to act, claiming that such an action could only be taken with the consent of the Commonwealth Parliament of Australia.
Rogernomics Installed a New Establishment in 1984
The 1984 reforms were supposedly about getting rid of vested interests from politics and economy. But it’s clear in retrospect that they ended up empowering a brand new set of vested interests.
The Rock Which Built a Faith
St Peter’s Basilica may be ‘the most awe-inspiring man-made structure on Earth’.
The Bronze Age Mindset
There is no positive view of family, although he begrudgingly admits having one is necessary to continue the species. He believes this is the death of a man. I disagree. Family drives men to greatness, but Bronze Age Mindset doesn’t make that leap.
Deep History Puts Things in Much-Needed Perspective
It’s hard to be afraid of what turns out to be the merest blip in the Earth’s long climatic history.
Diplomacy, Distrust and Nuclear War
When Faulkner spoke in 1950, the risk of being blown up was miniscule compared to the height of the Cold War. Now, again, we are on the precipice.