Tasmanian Times
National
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1.0KAround Australia by Schooner: Best in Show
There’s a fine line between a hobby and a mental illness. Some hobbies are fine. Stamp collecting’s fairly harmless, as is having...
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First Day May …
Pic, Says Mark Temby: ‘FT “oops I did it again” moment. FT burn out of control as Huon Valley residents given a...
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What a lot of bull …
Lady Chatterley’s Lover. Portnoy’s Complaint. Lolita. Catcher in the Rye Ever heard of them? Of course you have. You probably studied them...
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Is populism any better than elitism?
*Cartoon: Martyn Turner, used with permission: https://www.facebook.com/martynturnercartoons/ . http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/martyn-turner ‘Populism’ is widely understood to mean support for the concerns of ordinary people,...
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NATION: ‘A man who doesn’t understand his job as Prime Minister’
“He [Turnbull] is arrogant, he’s disrespectful. I don’t think he’s genuine and I think he has lost his way.” Anastasia Palaszczuk “Arrogant,...
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Gas Generation – Not the Answer to our Future Energy Needs …
*Pic: A Gas Power Plant pic – Kirishi SDPS Australia’s thermal coal energy system is antiquated and polluting, and Gas generation is...
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Five Podcasts you must not miss …
*Pic: Image: (NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT/Flickr.com/CC BY 2.0) • How money messes with you Money affects all of us in sneaky ways....
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The Decline and Fall of the Modern Era …
If there were two things that have particularly defined the modern societies that emerged out of the industrial revolution in the 1780s,...
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Are We There Yet?
The Vice President of the United States boldly reported for the whole World to read ~ “Honored to meet with Governor-General Sir...
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Sub-Tropical Wife Swap
She had what appeared to be hog bristles sprouting from her nostrils. He smelled of Old Spice, with faint undertones of old...
