“As I have pointed out repeatedly the only point of contention is constitutional enshrinement, the rest is noise.” So says Chris Kenny in the Weekend Australian. The only point? Yes, that’s right. That is the whole and complete point of the referendum. All kinds of stupid legislation is routinely enacted – net zero, for example.…

The conservative vagabond poses the question. Is there a coherent strategy for all the different groups that are under attack? Can we work together or are our disagreements too large to overlook? What do we need to do differently to be more effective? Who are the most interesting/challenging/helpful/original thinkers in this space?

The process of self-transcendence through mutual growth and feedback is something that can be achieved in all walks of life and in all fields. It is possible for us to achieve it in our personal relations. It may not depend only on us, and it may lead to disappointments. But isappointments are met with in…

Mark Lawson, a versatile writer and fellow traveller with energy realism, has put together a book on the dismantling of the power grid. This grew out of a project to publish the briefing notes of the Energy Realists of Australia in a book. He took up the idea but abandoned the structure of the notes…

Lets try hippie conservatism A few thoughts, inspired by the example of Brian Penton, Karl Popper, Barry Humphries, Zorba the Greek (a man needs a little madness,) Yossarian (Catch 22) and the meditations of Montaigne, Oakeshott, Scruton and the conservative vagabond. Some want the party to be more conservative and some people want it to…

The Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, published the results of some research in 2017 which was directed to try to explain the different incidences of particular diseases in men and women. Researchers analysed 20,000 different genes, sorting them by sex and for differences in expression in each body tissue. They found that around 6,500 of…

From today’s (4/4) op-ed in the Australian newspaper. Greg Sheridan: “…his [Trump’s] style was chaotic and he told countless lies. Nonetheless, he did do some good things.” Countless lies? Pray tell, when you’re hurling ad hominem insults, what are the most egregious of those lies? Give at least one example surely. As usual for Sheridan,…