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What the papers say …

Mercury HERE TASMANIANS tomorrow have the opportunity to remodel the political landscape. The big question facing them as they enter the polling...

Floor mops and the appalling Akerman

“Sail fast, close to the wind but always under your own flag.” (Origin Unknown). I am told my voice is familiar to...

Web 2.0 versus Control 2.0

The fight for free access to information is being played out to an ever greater extent on the Internet. The emerging general...

Bentley 45: The Bag Lady, Amy and the Pigeons

ROSIE the bag lady might have had nothing but she still managed to scrape a few coins together to buy a loaf...

When the world is nothing but extremes

There’s something appealing about the idea of life being a series of no compromise, right or wrong decisions, where morality and reality...

Tasmanian Times Traffic Report (2)

In February 2010 there were 24,688 unique visitors to Tasmanian Times, a 45% increase over the number of visitors in February 2009....

Last drinks: Fear and Loathing in the Newsroom. Why newspaper journalism has lost its soul

Who would throw a wake without offering the mourners a sip of booze—or at least letting them bring their own bottle? Cincinnati...

Rudd should fear the swing

ACROSS the nation there is a clear swing away from ALP governments taking place. Two years ago the ALP had close to...

Slipping up again

HAG IS AN avid reader of Mercury editorial … if only for the number of times the opinion leader of the Tasmanian...