Ron Manners’ ideas 
and adventures

Poseidon Reunion Dinner

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...

The Global Financial Crisis

Harvard University, currently in the news because of their (now former) ultra-woke president, played a role in the Global Financial Crisis of 2008....

Joining the ‘world of ideas’ can lead to unlimited opportunities

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...

The Voice! How P.M. Albo really won!

(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...

Straight from the Horse’s Mouth!

What the Economic Rationalists (Dries) Really Believed The below Guest Mannerism by John Hyde OAM was published in Amity, in September 2002″ During...

What the Economic Rationalists (Dries) Really Believed - John Hyde Newspaper Clipping

Australia’s Education Crisis Part II – Wesley College Goes Woke!

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...

Woke

Slide-Rules, Capital and Remaining Focused

Avoiding socialism and wokeness! During a recent office clean-up, I came across my old slide-rule ….. What a useful item this was, in...

Kerriann Lock: a saddened Mannkal office

A feature of a small team, all working together with a common purpose, is that it develops a “sense of family”. That’s how...

Eulogy for Dinny Grimwood’s Funeral Service

Jenny and I are honoured to be family friends of the Grimwoods as this relationship has several deep and interconnected threads. My own...

Funeral Oration

The below verse is addressed to the Liberal Party and is written by John Hyde OAM, the former member for the Division of...