Marr: it’s time to talk openly about drugsEvery week a staggering amount of Australians — around one million — consume illegal drugs. Given efforts to prohibit narcotics have comprehensively failed, why can’t we talk openly about drugs? asks David Marr.
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Blow-ups aplenty At Home With The Bolts
If the makers of At Home With Julia are looking for a sequel, then the last few days would provide plenty of illuminating material for a comedy called At Home With The Bolts.
The quality journalism project: Switzer the Spectator
Editor Tom Switzer is one of TV’s favourite conservative talking heads. He’s close with former PM John Howard and was a former adviser to opposition leader Brendan Nelson. But what does Switzer read and listen to on a daily basis?
Labor’s wrangling playing out on the nation’s bookshelves
The publishing industry is bracing for a mini political publishing boom as last week’s turmoil in Canberra reverberates around the nation’s bookshops.
Marr to Oldfield: “you’re a disgusting human being…”
David Marr was clearly unimpressed with David Oldfield’s contribution to the asylum seeker discussion on Sky News’ The Nation, at one stage describing him as “a disgusting human being”, writes Anthony Stavrinos.
David Marr’s anger hypothesis is torturously argued
Kevin Rudd should be judged on the public benefits of his actions, not on a whole bunch of inferences from his biography and cherry picking by David Marr in his Quarterly Essay on Rudd.
ABC’s Insiders: as balanced as a fat kid on a see-saw
The ABC’s Insiders may include an equal number of panellists with diametrically opposed views, but that doesn’t make it “balanced”, says The Political Sword. One David Marr does not equal one Andrew Bolt or Piers Akerman.
Bolt’s blog: why the apologies will continue
As long as there are no strict guidelines about what the blogger and parent organisation deem to be acceptable reader commentary, we will continue to see more of the same at Andrew Bolt’s blog. Meaning, homophobic comments.
Rundle: Bolter’s back on Insiders!
Andrew Bolt was back on the ABC’s Insiders on Sunday, reports Guy Rundle. As usual, he talked all over everyone, maintaining a veneer of civility only until he could get a cheap shot in at David Marr about global warming.
Dust storm 1: chaos, mud, lightning. Oh my!
It no longer looks as blood red as at dawn. No Dorothy, no Tin Man, no wicked Witch, so far. But the dust storms sweeping NSW have brought red snow!
Talking the Town: Talking the town: Turnbull tales and Gillard among the chosen
Julia Gillard has revealed that she relaxes by reading “very bad” detective novels, walking on the beach and “going out to dinner with friends, the usual things,” writes Margot Saville.
The Costigan Commission was a farce
The Costigan Commission was a farce, run by a briefless barrister, determined to keep it going for as long as possible so he could enjoy the spoils and perpetuate his image as a crusader, writes a Sydney lawyer.
People’s Choice: The 20 most appealing people of 2007
Votes % Maxine McKew 46 6.98% Julia Gillard 37 5.61% Kevin Rudd 27 4.10% Bob Brown 18 2.73% Penny Wong 16 2.43% Al Gore 14 2.12% The Chaser 14 2.12% Bernie Banton 13 1.97% Matt Price 11 1.67% Cate Blanchett 9 1.37% Barack Obama 8 1.21% Paul Keating 8 1.21% Peter Garrett 8 1.21% […]
Verdict 07 – An Occasional and wildly fanciful campaign diary – Part 13
The election campaign is a grinding horror…
