Poseidon Reunion Dinner
17 January 2024 • Ron Manners AO
The following Poseidon feature is from my book Heroic Misadventures. The full book is available as a free e-book here. Pages 288-304 cover …
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The Global Financial Crisis
11 January 2024 • Ron Manners AO
Harvard University, currently in the news because of their (now former) ultra-woke president, played a role in the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. …
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Joining the ‘world of ideas’ can lead to unlimited opportunities
5 December 2023 • Ron Manners AO
Ron's welcoming comments, on 23/11/23, to the successful Mannkal Scholars for 2024. I have been allocated, just three minutes, to welcome you as …
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The Voice! How P.M. Albo really won!
17 October 2023 • Ron Manners AO
(He didn't really care if you voted Yes! or No!) Never under-estimate a Trotskyite from his earlier Sydney University days. Someone who has …
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Australia’s Education Crisis Part II – Wesley College Goes Woke!
14 September 2023 • Ron Manners AO
Since publishing our recent Education Crisis in Australia paper (here) we have received extensive support for our concern. From time-to-time I will share …
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Slide-Rules, Capital and Remaining Focused
16 August 2023 • Ron Manners AO
Avoiding socialism and wokeness! During a recent office clean-up, I came across my old slide-rule ….. What a useful item this was, in …
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Eulogy for Dinny Grimwood’s Funeral Service
15 June 2023 • Ron Manners AO
Jenny and I are honoured to be family friends of the Grimwoods as this relationship has several deep and interconnected threads. My own …
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Values and Virtues
20 April 2023 • Ron Manners AO
Peter Kurti from the Centre for Independent Studies (Sydney) introduced us to the difference between "Values and Virtues" at Mannkal events in Perth …
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The Voice!
10 February 2023 • Ron Manners AO
Wandering through the weed-filled fields of Wokeness One branch of economics, called Public Choice Theory (PCT), is often used to identify how bad …
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Who Painted Australia’s Sky so Blue?
24 January 2023 • Ron Manners AO
Special Australia Day poem – January 26, 2023 For this special Australia Day (before it gets banned), let’s lift ourselves beyond the current …
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