BREAKING UP CAMP (Prophecy in a supermarket) When nations clash at last, what will I do?I’ve never changed a washer or a fuse;I’ll just get caught – like someone on the news –Simply the worst, and out in public view!It’ll all start the day I’ve lost the glue …Or string … or socks to suit those dreadful shoes(I never liked them – didn’t…

FALSE SAVIOURS In commenting on the winner of the News Corp Car of the year’ award, chief judge Richard Blackburn said of the Toyota Rav4 Hybrid: “Its’ guilt-free family motoring – saving the planet without breaking the bank.” Saving the planet? Is he serious? If there is a problem, then there’s only One who can save the planet, and that’s the One who…

While the bushfires have allowed the green-left media to regroup on climate change after the issue fell flat at the federal election, if the Morrison Government articulates a coherent environmental policy dealing with pollution and water needs, it can defang the environmental extremists. Meanwhile, the Earth, rather than heading for catastrophe, just keeps getting greener. Climate change failed to be…

      GOLIATH: Why the West Doesn’t Win Wars, and What We Need to Do about It   by Sean McFate   Michael Joseph, London   Hardcover: 336 pages   Price: AUD$39.99   Reviewed by Bill James   Most of us, either consciously or unconsciously, hold a number of assumptions about the nature of “normal” war.   The participants are sovereign, independent…

EIGHT LIVES by Susan Hurley Affirm Press, South Melbourne Paperback: 384 pages Price: AUD$32.99 Reviewed by Michael E. Daniel David (Dung) Tran, a brilliant young medical research doctor who is allegedly on the cusp of producing a revolutionary drug dies suddenly in mysterious circumstances. In her debut novel, author Susan Hurley gradually reveals the factors that lead to David’s death,…