Tag Archives: Freedom

It’s not about the baggie

Posted on March 4, 2015 by rustichello

It seems certain that Andrew Chan and Myu Sukumaran will be executed over the next few days, and there’s no question that executing them is a greater crime than importing all the heroin in the entire golden triangle. It’s a simple … Continue reading →

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on a level playing field…

Posted on January 18, 2013 by rustichello

Late last year US Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, crossed the Pacific and came to hang out with her Australian counterparts. At a news conference in Perth she said that the rise of China, in the context of the political … Continue reading →

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machine sans fantôme

Posted on January 7, 2013 by rustichello

After the fag ends of the cricket yesterday afternoon I found myself at the pub discussing the forthcoming technological singularity. This is supposed to be the point where all the creations of humanity reach a point of superabundant intelligence that those creations … Continue reading →

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gamekeeper to poacher to gamekeeper

Posted on December 11, 2012 by rustichello

I took the Chooks away last weekend, down the coast a bit. We did next to nothing while away. There was lots of Dr. Who, Sea Devils & Warrior’s Gate; treaty chocolates; a few beach trips with water spitting competitions; … Continue reading →

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the market ate my homework

Posted on November 28, 2012 by rustichello

So here’s a whinge, an unreconstructed rant really: markets are inventions. We make them, we devise them, we regulate them, and we invoke them as tikis to an all-powerful naturalizing force that absolves all of us for the injustices that … Continue reading →

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the monkey and the plywood violin

Posted on August 1, 2012 by rustichello

I have been having a lot of conversations recently about trying to reform the system from within. It’s a conversation about how to behave ethically and how to act with a view to a future in which good things are … Continue reading →

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glad animal action

Posted on June 29, 2012 by rustichello

I’m sometimes asked why cricket caught my imagination so strongly when I was a kid. I usually answer that it was something to do with masculinity and those magnificent moustaches that early eighties Australian test players sported, especially fast bowlers. … Continue reading →

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hands you a nickel, hands you a dime

Posted on May 30, 2012 by rustichello

I’ve never liked gut checks. I always believe I’ll fail, that I haven’t the heart to be the man anybody wants me to be. I expect that this is not unusual, that many people are a little raft on a … Continue reading →

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don’t you think the joker laughs at you?

Posted on March 26, 2012 by rustichello

I’ve tried to quit smoking about six hundred times and I fail. I fail to actually stop.  At precisely the same time I’m saying I don’t want to do this anymore I am sucking on a cancer stick and loving … Continue reading →

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your own personal Nansen

Posted on February 13, 2012 by rustichello

Most of us stand in shadows, we don’t get, or want, the spotlight. There’s modesty here, most of us do alright and we keep doing it, heroically I think. Most of us won’t get the opportunity to lead, and many … Continue reading →

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