Tasmanian Times
History
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Jorgen Jorgenson’s Liberation of Icelandic in 1809 – A Bicentenary
KIM PEART This year is 200 years since the Danish adventurer Jorgen Jorgenson briefly ruled Iceland for two months, from 25 June...
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Convicts and education
RODNEY CROOME What we’re seeing here, driving the common human failing of inconsistency, is the equally common failing of conceit. We legitimise...
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A few moments of economic history
BRENDA ROSSER Focussing on economic history this week… China’s trade policy was not an economic one Kissinger: Their interest is 100 percent...
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A legal tussle for the right to communicate
ADBUSTERS For 20 years we were knocked back at every stage: we were defeated in the lower courts and the Supreme Court...
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Emptying the seas
Human exploitation of the seas has changed them forever, writes CALLUM ROBERTS, Professor of marine conservation at York University How we are...
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The unfolding of a pandemic (2)
David Obendorf So where did the new Mexican influenza virus originate? Veratect (see The unfolding of a pandemic (1)) based in Washington...
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The Yanks – Over-subsidised, Over-paid and Over here
Brenda Rosser Matt Dickerson is a former international economic analyst at the CIA. He is now Summit Global Management’s CEO, portfolio manager...
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Fight free of Anzac, lest we forget other stories …
Dr MARILYN LAKE I have been pondering the Anzac myth. Clearly it continues to exert power. It taunts and troubles us. It...
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Saving Civilization: A massive mobilization is needed to prevent total collapse
Lester Brown What if, for example, three years from now scientists announced that we have waited too long to cut carbon emissions...
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A raving whacko, cum sex symbol …
LEONARD COLQUHOUN Alcibiades, a raving whacko cum sex symbol cum naval genius; … Two other matters need tackling: one is the pressure...
