Madness at The Age

The Age this morning had a piece about James Hird – I have never quit the habit of starting the paper at the back page – that caused me to alter my views.  It is a hard question for Essendon, but I am inclined for once to follow Eddie.  And I say that in part because I still hold the very clear view that both Essendon and Hird were very badly treated by the Court of Arbitration for sport.  And I am not just talking about apparent bias.  The locals could not take a trick.

Then I turned the page and saw that in his Mid-Year All-Australian Team, one writer put Luke Jackson in the ruck for Max Gawn – who is on the bench!  That makes the C A S look sane and decent.

Then in the front part, there was a piece about Pauline Hanson and feminism – yes, feminism.  The author referred to ‘the apparent puzzle of successful right-wing populist women competing for power in movements that prioritise the power of aggressive masculinity’.  And whom does the author put in that group with Pauline?  Giorgia Melone and Sanae Takaichi!  That sounds neither sane nor decent – and confirms my view that any word ending in -ism or -ist is most likely bullshit.

Perhaps it is the holiday weekend.

Thank God for Monaco.