A world of excess

I was cleaning up the other day, and came across an old notebook from my uni days. I went through it to see if there was anything I needed to keep, and I found one page that I’d written that I wanted to post for posterity.

Considering the obscene (though incredibly uneven) wealth of the Western [...]

The Ruddster

If you haven’t seen him on your television yet, you ain’t watching.

The Ruddster, a.ka. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, has been on a whirlwind world tour, meeting every leader that will shake his hand. This is his first major overseas trip as Prime Minister, and he has a lot of re-positioning to do after a decade [...]

Australian Politics

Some people claim ignorance when it comes to politics. Mostly I think it’s self chosen. They don’t want to know. It’s all too difficult. Or is it that they don’t know themselevs and what they believe in. After all, everyone has political beliefs. It’s impossible not to. Politics is how you feel about social justice, [...]

The Political Compass

This is a great idea. The standard one dimensional idea of the left to right political spectrum is hopelessly inadequate. The Political compass sets values across two scales, one social and one economic. This presents a much more accurate idea of where an individual stands politically. I do this quiz fairly regularly, and depending on [...]