It is like going to a Quadrant dinner only times 50 in numbers. It is an unbelievable pleasure to be amongst it, and as an invited speaker as well.
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In the past two weeks government ministers have been slowly emerging into the light of day like winter crocuses, pushing through the cold, hard Canberra soil.
Answering questions like a Radio Moscow announcer, Julia Gillard seems impervious to robust and sceptical media analysis. The gallery could learn from 4BC’s Michael Smith on how to interview the head of the second government in three years to lose its way.
The author of a new book on climate scepticism, Mark Lawson, is a senior journalist who writes on environmental matters for the Australian Financial Review. Remarkable.
Writing in the Spectator Peter Coleman has publicised what Paul Monk calls a “great mystery”. Why the Mitrokhin documents dealing with Soviet spies in Australia remain suppressed.
Writing for the New Criterion Roger Sandall has reviewed Keith Windschuttle on the Stolen Generations. A book the local intelligentsia seem to have overlooked.
Anthony Watts runs the world’s most popular science blog with three million hits per month. One of the reasons for its popularity is that it possibly the most cheerful science blog, which in turn is a reflection on the owner.
Des Moore was interviewed by Alan Jones on Islamic extremism in Australia. A topic our politicians are avoiding.
Many scholars argue that Islam in fact impeded the development of modern science, and that it was essentially Christianity which helped to give rise to it.
Crikey has published an article by Andrew Macintosh, associate director of the ANU Centre for Climate Law and Policy, criticising Tim Flannery. Macintosh disputes seven claims Flannery made in a Sydney Morning Herald opinion piece.
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