Deadbeat Government
THE GOVERNMENT owes lawyers providing legal aid services millions of dollars. Last year it was reported that the Legal Aid Council owed lawyers some $43 million dollars. Against outstanding debts for the current fiscal year...
A JLP protest, no hyphen needed
THE POPULAR description of Tuesday's lockdown of the country does not need a hyphen or the three letters that follow it. They were not 'JLP-led protests', they were 'JLP protests'. There was no mass expression of dissatisfaction... - Melville Cooke
Human activity and natural disasters
IT IS no longer just religious millenarians and radical environmentalists who see natural disasters as a sort of punishment for human misbehaviour. Scientists, too, are growing mindful... - John Rapley
An American opportunity
IT'S NOT fair to blame George W. Bush for the disaster in New Orleans. He had nothing to do with the evacuation operation that left the poorest and most helpless people behind. - Gwynne Dyer
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