Monthly Archives: August 2012

The Prick is a big fan of Virgin Australia, finding their friendly service and new airplane fitouts far preferable to the tired and haggard planes and crew one all too often gets on Qantas. Which is why it’s a shame … Continue reading →

Getting ripped off is a daily part of the Australian experience: the price for living in the one remaining OECD nation that’s not a complete economic basket case is that we pay well over the odds for the same products … Continue reading →

Real work intrudes for another day or two, but in the meantime, whet your appetite with these tasty morsels. Over in the invaluable City Journal, Troy Senik takes on “Gastronomical Prohibitionists” and California’s flawed foie gras ban. After pointing out … Continue reading →

The Sydney Morning Herald’s Melissa Davey really doesn’t like salt, writing in Tuesday’s paper: DIET and exercise campaigns are so ineffective at preventing heart disease that they should be abandoned and replaced with strict regulation of salt levels in food … Continue reading →

Sadly, I left my phone in the car when we wound up at The Cove at Drummoyne for lunch today, because I wouldn’t believe it either: The joint has a lovely view, and is run by some lovely Italians, but … Continue reading →

Are oysters a powerful aphrosiac, or just damn delicious? Let’s find out with a trip to Sydney’s new and much-needed oyster bar, the Morrison Bar and Oyster Room! The Morrison, just opened in Sydney at the site of the old … Continue reading →

So Instapundit notes that a New York supermarket has just put together a “Man Aisle”, to cater to the gentleman shopper, stocking “male items like beer, cereal, soda, beef jerky, hot sauces, barbecue sauces, condoms, and oh, Chock Full o’Nuts … Continue reading →

Conventional wisdom is nearly always wrong. Remember when Kevin Rudd was supposed to save the Australian Labor Party? Or people believed Barack Obama would usher in a new era of prosperity at home and peace around the world? Likewise, take … Continue reading →