New Catallaxy

You may have seen the 1996 movie Ransom starring Mel Gibson playing Tom Mullen. Tom’s son is kidnapped and suspecting that even if he pays the ransom his son will be killed he gives the kidnappers two options. Return his son and that will be the end of the matter. Alternatively, if his son is…

Cats, this post is about songs released in 2023. Seemingly not an auspicious year, but there were some diamonds in the dirt. So wonderful to hear Everything but the Girl again, over two decades having elapsed since we last heard from them. Having said that, I’ve looked through various websites’ “Best songs of 2023” and…

It would be hard to imagine a government being quite as inept as was the Albanese government in 2023. The man himself, globetrotter extraordinaire, showed how inadequate he was during the referendum debate. It wasn’t just the racist proposition itself; he was entirely hopeless in making the case. To boot, his Aboriginal Affairs minister Linda…