(Part I - including a background to this series; Part II) Part the Third: Great Men & Whigs Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here. Thomas Carlyle The history of the...
Sorry. Disaster in New Zealand Barn-burner in Oz Eighties music Knock yourselves out, I have a fridge to clean out.
(I provided a background to this series in the first part which you can find here.) Part the Second: Ancient Historians For the ancient Greeks, the ultimate test of the educational system was the moral and political quality of the students that it produced. Henry...
I got nothin’, so here’s an open post. With music.
Birthdays: July 18: Australia's original golden girl; a woman who's contributed to libertarianism; one of the finest fast bowlers of all time - Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, if Lillee don't get you, Thommo must (here's one demonstration of his skill); July 21: a...
Putting this together on Tuesday because we're driving all day Wednesday. Not sure if I'll get to any updates on Thursday. Somehow, I don't think this will be of concern to anyone. Birthdays: July 6: an actor known for playing eccentric characters; a philosopher who...
“History is bunk”
/Henry Ford
It's well into winter in the southern hemisphere and Australian ski resorts are rejoicing. Most of the football codes are in the meat of their season. Fortunately, my AFL team has decided to shit the bed early on so I don't have to waste time hoping. Birthdays: June...
It's another week in the land of the free and home of the brave! But let's rotate our view to what's been happening down under. Birthdays: June 7: the star of (IMHO) the best of the X-Files derived s-f programs (and also this pretty well done political thriller -...
This assignment may be getting to me. A couple of nights ago I dreamed I made a last-minute change to the links which meant they were running late. Sloopy - whom I've never met - wanted to know if I was OK and could I please get my sh*t together. Anyhow, let's start,...
Birthdays: May 18, the lead singer from my favorite Australian socialist band of all time; May 19, one of the great Australian musical exports of all time, so good she had a dessert created in her name; a guy who honored Australia's origins; the lead singer from...
Birthdays: April 28 (probably should have had this one in my last set of links), a great singer from perhaps my favorite Australian musical act of all time; April 30, one of the best wicket-keepers of all time; May 5, one of the toughest Australian Rules players of...
With apologies to Mojoeaux, some of my birthdays and anniversaries intersect with her weeks. Birthdays: April 20, an entomologist whom most Glibs will despise for his most (in)famous idea; a pretty decent rally driver; one of the greats of track & field; April 21,...
Mojeaux & I are alternating Thursday p.m. links for a bit while Tonio takes some much deserved R&R. They say, write what you know, so today's links will be heavy on the other side of the world. Antipodean birthdays: April 6, a talented artist; a woman who...
My politician is better than your politician!
It’s a conspiracy! K-O-N-…spiracy!
NOTE: (This article was supposed to have been written in September with a request to TPTB to publish on September 26. But, well, life, etc. Thus, almost two months later, I submit this memory of one of the most emotional days in Australian sport). At 5:22pm Eastern...
H/T: The Hyperbole & Tom Sowell A few random thoughts on subjects that aren't big enough to become an article on their own. Music: when I was a kid, my parents owned some Seekers records (naturally for an Australian family at that time). On one of those was a...
For a few Zimbabwean dollars more – Raven Nation walks us through how commie redistributionist bullshit can fuck up a perfectly good country.
For a fistful of Zimbabwean dollars, Raven Nation takes a dive into the history of Southern Africa.
The Outback The Australian outback has been romanticized by authors and film makers. Its reality is hard work, aridness, and casual danger. But perhaps the most defining characteristic is distance. Although there is no agreed upon definition of the perimeter of the...
Antipodes…travel, therein.
Kiwi badass. Just read, you will see.
One of the cornerstones of libertarianism—the non-aggression principle—can be explained as a refusal to engage in offensive violence while retaining the right to resist personal threats vigorously, even to the point of using lethal force.
This is not a topic I would have naturally written about, but SP made a comment that got me thinking…
