Author Archives: dchawcroft

Just heard on the radio about the new higher traffic fines which are claimed to be quite clearly simply a revenue raising exercise. “No”, says a police spokesman (I think). They’re not.  What he’d like, what the police would like, … Continue reading →

We might not need teachers, even.  We all know, if we think about it for a second, that we essentially teach ourselves.  When we make progress in learning it is because we do the work internally. Teachers don’t teach us. … Continue reading →

Interesting thing, isn’t it? Interesting notion. Interesting subject. We, of course, are not corrupt. Our society is not corrupt. Our systems are not corrupt. Our people are not corrupt. Our officials are not corrupt.  There’s nothing corrupt here…… Or is … Continue reading →

I hate this habit of referring to certain people as ‘deniers’. “Deniers” are units of measure for the linear mass density of fibers. See the Wikipedia entry Every time I see it I think of nylon stocking, the wartime and … Continue reading →

They’re on the radio this morning talking about Julia Gillard and Carbon Tax.  There’s a good article from Terry McCrann in the HeraldSun on 27th. It is ludicrous. Our Prime Minister’s about-faces, the whole thing in the first place. A … Continue reading →

Good little thing on ABC2 tv Wednesday night, 8.30, called ‘We are the people we’ve been waiting for’. It was about education, schools, education in schools. I didn’t see it all and I can’t find (yet) how to get another … Continue reading →

There must be something, somewhere, that we know that is correct, clearly correct, simple to assess and know to be correct.  Surely? But there’s certainly not much. How about the War on Drugs?  Good thing?  No. War in Iraq?  No. … Continue reading →

Going well, eh?  Just heard on the Colbert Report tonight that there are 42 million Americans living below the poverty line. Yes, Colbert is a satirical show, but this was no satire. Just a cold fact. And I heard years … Continue reading →