New Catallaxy

  • Open Thread – Weekend 28 Jan 2023

    Sailboat at Le Petit-Gennevilliers, Claude Monet, 1874

  • Parasite: Christianity with Korean characteristics

    I was struck by a particular sequence in the movie the first time I saw it (on the TV, I’m have to confess) two or three years ago. WolfmanOz’s commentaries on movies brought that sequence to mind again. If you haven’t seen Parasite, it is probably best not to read this post, which is certainly…

  • Flag flying on Australia Day

    On Australia Day I fly the national flag from our front balcony. From both directions along our street it can be seen. Never once have I thought this action is a political statement. Until now. Australians tend to shy away from overt displays of politics. Yes, we vote; that is a given in a compulsory…

  • WolfmanOz at the Movies #55

    Golden Boy Born William Franklin Beedle Jr. on April 17th, 1918, William Holden became one of the most popular movie stars of the 1950s and is probably my favourite actor from that era. After graduating from high school he became involved in local radio plays and by the late 30s was appearing in a number…

  • Our wombat energy minister

    How many mistakes can the Climate Change and Energy Minister make in three sentences? According to Mark Ludlow and Angela Macdonald-Smith, writing in the Fin Review last Friday (20th), Mr Bowen said (1) the war in Ukraine was responsible for 90 per cent of the global electricity price rises last year. He said(2) the move…

  • A conservative vagabond guest post

    The New Conflict of Visions How new constrained/unconstrained religious visions produce the political polarisation of today Dara Macdonal I will explore the new conflict of visions that these new religions create and the political fall out of each, as follows: https://daramacdonald.substack.com/p/the-new-conflict-of-visions

  • Rafe’s Roundup Jan 24

    Drop in and see what they are up to! The Energy Realists of Australia Jo Nova Quadrant on line IPA         Climate and energy program  CIS          The Sydney Institute Menzies Research Centre  Mannkal Economics Education Foundation           Advance Australia  Taxpayers Alliance  Australian Inst for Progress The Conservative Vagabond The Rathouse and The Site of Kilmeny Niland How Africa defeated COVID so decisively without vaccines Read this alongside the…

  • Open Thread – Tue 24 Jan 2023

    Andromache mourning Hector, Jacques Louis David, 1783

  • The Extraordinary Voice

    The Prime Minister’s suggested form of words for insertion into the Constitution to create the Voice seems to be the preferred option. For its proponents, it has the distinct political advantage of being extraordinarily vague. Presumably it will be the substantive part of the referendum question. It goes like this: It might pass. After all,…

  • Guest post: Speedbox – Taliban Supercar

    I will admit I never imagined writing the words Taliban and Supercar in the same sentence.  But, a few days ago, the Taliban unveiled the prototype of Afghanistan’s first locally developed supercar, manufactured by Kabul-based Entop.   Known as the Mada 9, this car comes to us from a war-torn and dirt-poor country whose ruling militia…

  1. If Jesus had confined himself to saying that you will lead a happier life if you treat others with kindness,…

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