• Abandon All Dignity Ye Who Enter Here

    Life took a turn last Monday morning at 3 am. All unheralded I woke with acute pain in my abdomen. Was it wind I thought and tried every position imaginable to rid myself of the morbid affliction. Nothing worked. Felt nauseous. Threw up. Unexpectedly did a number two. Normal enough. No relief followed. Living alone…

  • Guest Post: Wally Dali – Archibalds 2023

    We are approaching a point of Cultural Totality in the West. Soon, instant match media and the forces of promotion and censorship which leverage it will present the watching proles with an ever-present circus where approved musicians are granted exhibition space for visual art, endorsed politicians have their DJ setlists available for download on streaming…

  • Roundup Autumn 1990

    In the Centre for Independent Studies quarterly Policy magazine. EXTRACTS DE Soto. Only about 5 per cent of Peruvians belong to labour unions and more than 60 per cent are operating as entrepreneurs in the informal or black ecoqomy. Informal operators do not regard themselves as either the private or the public sector because they…

  • WolfmanOz at the Movies #71

    The ultimate man of conscience It is a widely accepted axiom that it is easier to make a good movie out of a bad play than out of a good one; a bad play can be altered with a clear conscience so that its mishandled virtues are brought to the fore in a different medium,…

  • Guest Post: Muddy – Who Wrote That?

    The premise of this post is simple: Match a numbered comment below with the Cat you consider made that comment. i.e. 21. I am superior to youse all! Muddy. Or just: 21. Muddy. I will reveal the authors, along with the exact date and time the comment was made. The numbers are not rankings, but…

  • The first Roundup

    From CIS Policy quarterly in Winter 1989

  • Rafe’s Roundup 15 May

    Drop in and see what the usual suspects are up to CIS   The Energy Realists     The Conservative Vagabond Jo Nova    The Monarachists Quadrant on line The Free Press IPA Climate and energy program      The Sydney Institute Mannkal     Menzies Research Centre    Taxpayers   Alexandra Marshall  Advance Australia     Australian Inst for Progress Bettina Arndt REMEMBERING JOHN HYDE. His…

  1. The Secret Salim! Disgraced former Auburn deputy mayor Salim Mehajer has been secretly jailed for brutally attacking his ex-girlfriend -…