Forgiveness and the madness of crowds
Douglas Murray places this remark from G.K. Chesterton in epigram of his The madness of crowds:…
To govern does not equal to change
In 2016 following the vote on Brexit, an American political journalist wrote: “But what if progressivism…
Frankenstein’s children
In 1815 Mount Tambora, on the northern coast of the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, erupted in…
The Crisis in Australian Politics 2010-2013 (reposted)
As described in the previous post, Free speech for public servants and Osip Mandelstam, I am…
Free speech for public servants and Osip Mandelstam
During the week the High Court of Australia passed judgement on a case in which a…
On the virtue of not knowing (WordPress anniversary repost)
Today I am posting the last (for now) of my reposts from earlier, retired blogs. This…
My wordpress 11th anniversary retrospective: 3 dilemmas of government
I am continuing my blogging retrospective today by reposting a small think-piece from The Happy Pessimist…
11 years with WordPress – from the archive: Good Government Starts Today
Earlier this week I got a message from WordPress that I had passed my 11th anniversary…
On human frailty in governing
Once ten years ago I gave answers to one of those personal profile questionnaires that aimed…
Do we repair our republics with big ideas or ordinary virtues?
My old boss and sometime mentor, Terry Moran, has given an oration in which he sets…