Nine Eleven

WTC memorial

“A plane just crashed into the World Trade Center” someone said, anticipating my query. I watched the live report for a short while, and as I was about to leave (it was about 11 at night) the second plane crashed into the south tower. →more

Gun Control

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Guns will always be a controversial subject. For the record, I think guns are really cool. I’ve never owned a gun, and before living briefly in the US have never lived in a culture where gun ownership or use was widespread. →more

Preferential Voting Explained

Simple "First past the post" voting

I’m pretty sure that every kid in Australia learns this at some stage of their schooling, or is →more

Realpolitik

Caesar meets his end

Caesar meets his end There is an Australian election coming up on the 21st of August, which is exactly →more

Partij voor de Vrijheid

Dutch election results by municipality

Dutch election results by municipality Contrary to popular belief, I don’t like to be nasty to people. While it →more

My Say

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The Age newspaper’s online edition has a fairly regular “your say” section in which people can write in with →more


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