The Australian, 20 October 2010

I am all for finishing what we started, so the priority should probably be working out what exactly it is we’ve started in Afghanistan so that we could perhaps start to work out how we might at least start finishing it (whatever it might turn out to be).

Failing that (which we most certainly will) at the very least we should start to learn not to start something before we have some idea what it is we’re starting. That would be a good start.

The Australian, 20 October 2010

When that deep-green lentil-eating farmer-hating ETS-monger John Howard appears on Q&A next week he’s got a lot of explaining to do. Okay, I made up the bit about the lentils.

The Australian, 19 October 2010

Stopping kids being locked up behind razor wire is more important than “stopping the boats”. If that’s a “pull factor” then too bloody bad. That is all.

The Australian, 19 October 2010

There’s nothing quite as terrifying as being told that information is being withheld on the grounds that releasing it would be unnecessarily frightening. However, it is true that the average voter can simply not be trusted with any sort of unspun data on the grounds that they would immediately burn down their house with it, so here’s a simple DIY project to keep you warm, cosy and reassured*. Try not to cut yourself.

*Note: Not that I think you’re an idiot, but do not actually do this.