Born on April 20, during its first three weeks People's Park was used by both university students and local residents, and local Telegraph Avenue merchants voiced their appreciation for the community's efforts to improve the neighborhood.[7][11] Objections to the expropriation of university property tended to be mild, even among school administrators. However, Governor Ronald Reagan... Continue Reading →

You've slaved over the book (either as the writer or the reader!).  There have been bits where you've wanted to scream (as either the writer or the reader...), bits where you've gotten bored and skimmed over what should have been taken slowly (either as...) or gone slow when you should have gone quick (...).  There's... Continue Reading →

The word 'natural' is one of the busiest and slipperiest in the English language. One of its many shades of meaning is that something 'natural' is 'right' and 'normal.' Naturally (!), powerful actors hoping to become still more powerful will try to convince those who might constrain them that they are 'natural', and should be allowed... Continue Reading →

Professor Ross Garnaut is a highly intelligent, tenacious and formidably well-informed public intellectual,  and I’m not just saying that because I want to interview him for my PhD research. Because look, in my very next sentence I say ‘I think he is wrong about the future of energy.’ He was speaking tonight in Adelaide, giving... Continue Reading →