Revisiting the climate evidence

Although empiricism probably underdetermines the truth about climate—and as we know from Ross Garnaut's report, underdetermines climate policy—it is worth laying out the reasons seriously to doubt the 'man-made climate' claims once more because Gillard says she is seeking a national consensus. I think we should take no steps other than to seek a better understanding…

No need, no gain, no glory

I agree with Brendan O'Neill: it really appears that both major political parties continue to endorse Australia's participation in the bloody Afghan war to save face.

World Opera season programs

Evidence on State hospital administration

Why we should pull out of Afghanistan now

The echoes here of the horrifying, pointless American/Australian war in Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s are too loud and too precise to ignore.