People & associates
Ron Brunton
More Who You Are Than What You Say
One of the more naïve traits of 'caring' left-liberals is their assumption that the objects of their ministrations share their outlook...
No Need for the 'Elite' to Cringe
The current republican debate shows that the cultural cringe is still depressingly prevalent among our elites. The worthies who try to browbeat us...
In Search of a Degree of Common Sense
Beware of shonky degree programs which promise qualifications that could be worthless. This was Education Minister Dean Wells' sensible caution to...
People's Tragic Tale of Culture Eroded and Renounced
The week before Christmas seems to have become the traditional time for the release of controversial judgements on Aboriginal heritage and land...
To Populate or Perish?
If you have been lying awake worrying about the population explosion, you can finally get a good night's sleep. Not only is the 'explosion' fizzing...
Gift Giving an Annual Ordeal
At this stage in your Christmas shopping, you may not be surprised to learn that in some Germanic languages closely related to English, the word...
Casualties of Truth
In 1967, bored with life on the ship that was taking me to England, I disembarked at Cape Town and spent the following six months hitchhiking...
Tied To Past By Issue of Identity
Who is an Aborigine? There is an official Commonwealth definition, and it involves three requirements. You must have an ancestor who was one of the...
Howard Must Offer A Vision of Hope
The road ahead for the new Howard Government will be even more difficult than it was the first time round. But getting its GST legislation through...
Double Jeopardy
The rise of Pauline Hanson and One Nation is at least partly the result of widespread anger at the perceived arrogance and hypocrisy of the major...