Nice analysis

I’ve always liked Ross Gittens. I’ve said for years that there should be a list of check-boxes in your tax return for pro­jects you’d like to donate your taxes to. That way, I can tick edu­ca­tion, public health and so on and know that none of my money is...

Baxter and beyond

So, I’m off to Baxter deten­tion centre tomor­row to protest against Aus­trali­a’s man­dat­ory deten­tion policy that locks up asylum seekers against inter­na­tion refugee con­ven­tions to which we are sig­nat­or­ies. I’ll be back Monday… don’t know whether I’ll be in...

Two observations

1. I really, really, really need a new computer. 2. One of these days, I should stay home long enough without any other pro­jects to do and, you know, clean this place.

Expanding the clan

Well, I’m an aunt. His name is Leo Sydney Alex­an­der (the last bit is his last name… you have no idea how weird it is to me that neither of my sis­ters share my sur­name any more). The middle name was my grand­father’s first name. It’s a Jewish tra­di­tion to...