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On Mike Johnson

On Mike Johnson

On the new Speaker of the House:If you follow American politics, you will know that a new Speaker of the House has recently been voted in. Republican Representative from Louisiana Mike Johnson became the 56th Speaker. This follows several weeks of stalemate after...

The Ghost of Christmas Future

The Ghost of Christmas Future

In Dickens’ most famous morality tale, the ghost of Christmas future is used to warn Scrooge of the ultimate consequences of not learning from his twisted and broken past.  Those of Dickens’ tales set in Victorian London (including Oliver Twist and Great Expectations)...

Dear America

Dear America

You may imagine that the result of your presidential election is of no interest to a sparsely populated outpost loitering at the edge of the map. Why should Australia, with its menagerie of threatening creatures and vindictive natural forces, care who resides in the...