Politics

Who moved that apostrophe?

By tigtog on 2006-05-21

I’m a week late, I know, but Helen’s Mother’s Day piece got me thinking. How did a day that grew from West Virginian Mothers’ Work Days from 1858 onwards (where mothers worked together to improve their community), and Mothers’ Friendship… Read More ›

Names can never hurt me?

By tigtog on 2006-03-29

Snapped in traffic and gone ape on another driver? No worries, just tell the judge that the nasty nasty driver called you a bad name. A DARWIN man who grabbed a woman in a road rage attack has been let… Read More ›

Simple arguments

By tigtog on 2006-03-22

Two posts about gaping policy divides in Western society: Firstly Chris Clarke of Creek Running North: “some things are priceless, and the economy thus finds them worthless. “ Read the whole thing, which provoked the following comment from John from… Read More ›

Get Up, yer whingers

By tigtog on 2006-03-20 • ( 2 )

Thanks to Susoz, I now know we have an Australian netroots progressive activism group a la MoveOn.org in the States, which is Get Up! MoveOn did some credible work in fundraising and lobbying at the last US election. It will… Read More ›

Wealth and justice in Orange County

By tigtog on 2006-03-16

The only reason these young men ever came to trial is that they not only videotaped their gang-rape and foreign object assault of their unconscious 16-year-old schoolmate Jane Doe, but they showed the tape to friends at parties to brag of what they’d done.

Rumour mill

By tigtog on 2006-03-10

Heard on the radio this morning, a rumour is flying around that the reason for Qantas closing its Sydney airport heavy maintenance facilities is not that it was *required* as a cost-cutting measure, but that the airport operator, Macquarie Bank,… Read More ›