Michael Connor

History Wars - the dream cast

by Michael Connor

March 23, 2009

Quadrant has acquired the performing rights to the History Wars. The cast list is mouthwatering.

The ASIO Tapes - Madame Alissa

by Michael Connor

March 16, 2009

Robert Manne's "Hogwash"

by Michael Connor

March 16, 2009

Left academics are ideologues first and second, and scholars third.

"Hayek's got Inflation by the balls"

by Michael Connor

March 5, 2009

Ron Kitching’s famous photo of F.A. Hayek and Inflation is now over 32 years old.

The academic publishing game

by Michael Connor

March 4, 2009

Early in 2008 Henry Reynolds launched a new book of old history by Dr Ian McFarlane called Beyond Awakening, The Aboriginal Tribes of North West Tasmania: A History. It had an interesting publishing history.

Bob Brown has an affair

by Michael Connor

March 2, 2009

The story was broken in the Hobart Mercury under the headline  - "Printed proof of love affair".

Simon channells the Zeitgeist

by Michael Connor

February 18, 2009

Simon’s got a job. He’s started “channelling the Zeitgeist” for Cripes – the online gossip website that Tracey says is going broke.

Academic Left vs. Left academic

by Michael Connor

February 11, 2009

During 2008 there was a bloody prize-fight between Left and Left over the ghastly remains of Wilfred Burchett. Robert Manne said he smelt bad, others on the Left said he was perfumed like a red saint.

Titanic Inc writes sea-safety manual

by Michael Connor

February 3, 2009

It was revealed at its launch yesterday that Kevin Rudd, CEO of Titanic Inc, is the author of the company’s new Safety Manual for Seafarers.

The ASIO tapes - Terry Dix

by Michael Connor

January 29, 2009

Terry Dix is the host of a television current affairs program. He is the brother of the noted Fairfax journalist Dorothy Dix. Although it is said that Dix is an Anchor-For-Life this is not true – it just feels like it.

Tracey's Invasion Day

by Michael Connor

January 27, 2009

I saw Tracey and her partner Bruce just after Australia Day and she told me how they celebrated Invasion Day.

Are you doing it?

by Michael Connor

January 27, 2009

I am. I walk through my local shopping centre wondering which shops will be among the first to go.

Liberal Fascism 101

by Michael Connor

January 21, 2009

When David Horowitz, who promotes an academic Bill of Rights, attended the annual conference of the Modern Language Association his reception was what you would expect from a room full of progressive American academics.

What the Left are reading on Obama Day

by Michael Connor

January 20, 2009

The Australian Left are killing the fine art of satire.

The countdown to Obama

by Michael Connor

January 19, 2009

Seems to be the most popular headline in the MSM. It's reminiscent of a 1960s US election ad. The one that began with a girl pulling single petals from a daisy as a voice counted backwards - to a mushroom cloud. To take your mind off Obamamania, and avoid the coronation, two DVDs are highly recommended.

Tracey's mum goes blogging

by Michael Connor

January 17, 2009

I saw Tracey at the library yesterday. She was releasing her mum, the one with Alzheimer’s, for an afternoon's blogging.

When Paul Robeson's voice was silent

by Michael Connor

January 15, 2009

The fate of working class Americans who migrated to the Soviet Union in the 1930s is recounted in a new book which also documents the silence and cowardice of the western Left who, though aware of the reality behind the Stalinist façade, never spoke out against the horror.

Australiaphobia

by Michael Connor

January 14, 2009

The distinctive feature of Australiaphobia is a desire to hurt, inflict pain, and wound Australian society.

Bernard Black - a profile

by Michael Connor

January 13, 2009

You know Bernard Black. Everyone knows Bernard. The writer you think of whenever the words “Australia’s Leading Indigenous Writer and a Living National Treasure” pop into your mind.

Hatred blows in from the Left

by Michael Connor

January 11, 2009

When the hoax was blowing through the media last week the hot air blew in some strange non-readers.