Interesting that Online Opinion’s own research backs up the current idea that Mark Latham needs to differentiate himself from Howard (and Crean and Beazley, for that matter) by taking a strong position and sticking to it. So, too bad he echoed Howard in saying he would not object if an ‘Iraqi’ court executed Saddam. No […]

A pathetic, scruffy old man is dug out of hole, and one of the more nasty dictatorships of the last century comes to an end. President Bush will be relieved that he won’t have to go to the next election with both his mortal enemies unaccounted for, but Saddam’s capture presents as many problelms as […]

According to Wired News the US State of Virginia has indicted two spammers for breaking its newly proclaimed anti-spam legislation. One of the two, Jeremy Jaynes, “is number 8 on the top 10 worldwide spammer list”. Virginia is a particularly significant state as more than 50% of all Internet traffic in the world passes through […]

The public has a Pygmalion impulse to try to mould public leaders in their own desired image and when they succeed they loathe and then despise them, muttering about “poll-driven politics”.

On Line Opinion prides itself on being the only journal in the country to base its political coverage on letting Australians talk for themselves about the issues. Our latest poll was on Mark Latham.

This morning I got a bellhop tip about the internet boom. I’m used to receiving emails from slightly louche soon to be ex-dignitaries in places like Nigeria

Whatever you think of John Pilger, he consistently does what an investigative journalist should do – dig up and report on hidden or ignored facts. His piece recently aired on SBS on the so-called War on Terror (as if you can wage war on an emotion) indicated just how much the Bush administration and its […]

There is a new spirit in the ALP. I’m not sure this is due so much to Latham’s ascendancy as a perception that the deadly days of saying and doing as little as possible under Beazley are gone. And I’m hoping the change in the leadership will generate party activism at the grass roots and […]

So, if the US really wants to provide a model of democracy in the Middle East, perhaps they should make music not war.

Apparently Senator Natasha Stott Despoja has made some comments about the Bartlett affair. Anonymous sources are quoted in The Australian today saying she claimed that the principal issue was “violence against women – which is neither negotiable nor excusable”.