Ben Anderson

LATEST ARTICLES ( 46 )

• A Licence to Be a Grown up

  

  Just a couple of GROWNUPs The tension between individual liberty and the greater good is one governments must continually grapple with. Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2012 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• Remember, Remember It’s Not Just Movember

  

  Laziest Movember ever. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, people all around Australia will pause to think: “Look at that poor bastard with the... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2012 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• The Missing Stories of the Asian Century

  

  This Friday the Chinese Communist Party will hold its 18th National Congress. The event will anoint Xi Jinping as President as well as making decisions on an... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2012 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• 2012 Australian Halloween Costumes

  

  Alan Jones: Bald skullcap, mouthful of bile, citation for public indecency. Clive Palmer: XXXL suit, pillow, various cardboard speech bubbles with half... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2012 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• One Giant Leap for Corporate Synergy

  

  It’s July 21, 2069. The landing craft Aldrin IV eases down to the surface of Mars, kicking up dust unmoved for millions of years. The air lock unlatches as... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 HUMOR, SOCIETY

• There’s No Business Like News Business

  

  He actually asked some half decent questions. IT WAS CNN commentator Paul Begala who coined the phrase “politics is show business for ugly people” to describe... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2012 HUMOR, SOCIETY