An opinion should be based on facts. There are two aspects to this statement. Firstly, what are the facts, and secondly, how do you put the facts together to create an opinon? The My Comment blog tries to understand and explain the facts. It tries to put them together in a way that might reach a different conclusion. Provide a different view. Drag out some facts that are not well known and even explore why they may have been hidden.

Join us…

You can add your name to our mailing list, and that is all it will ever be used for. We don’t accept advertising, and we don’t pass on details to other organisations. If you sign up, you will get an email every now and then to tell you about a new article. If you find our articles interesting, please let others know through social media. and sign up to get advice of new articles.

Most Recent Posts

  • Trump Tower

    11, September, 2025

    What happens when you mix business with government? Should a government be run by a business? Is that what Trump is doing?

    By Published On: 11, September, 20255.9 min read
  • Lots of regulations

    23, August, 2025

    What can we do about the mountain of regulation restricting growth in Australia? Can we do anything? Do we want to do something?

    By Published On: 23, August, 20256 min read
  • Risk Management

    8, August, 2025

    The Y2K Effect refers to managing risks. If you get it right, everyone says the risk was overstated. If you get it wrong you didn't take enough effort to avert the risk. Who wins?

    By Published On: 8, August, 20256 min read
  • A smokescreen

    30, July, 2025

    Israel has very cleverly created a smokescreen with antisemitism. Rather than focus on the issues around Gaza and Palestinian existence, they focus the discussion on whether criticism is antisemitic.

    By Published On: 30, July, 20257.4 min read
  • 18, July, 2025

    Trump has been in power six months. Where has he succeeded and where has he failed?

    By Published On: 18, July, 20259.5 min read

A Random Selection

  • Solar power on poles

    Creative thinking and politics conjure up images of rorting and dodgy accounting. However, innovative thinking should be applied to some of the problems governments face to find alternative solutions.

  • Do minor parties have a role in a two-party state? They can promise whatever they want with no chance of being accountable. Why have them?

  • negative gearing

    Negative gearing is a unique Australian invention that is blamed for the lack of housing available to purchase. How do we extract ourselves from negative gearing?

  • Gina Raimondo

    What is the history of tariffs, and what is the Trump return to tariffs likely to mean for the world.

what’s trending

  • Trump Tower

    11, September, 2025

    What happens when you mix business with government? Should a government be run by a business? Is that what Trump is doing?

    By Published On: 11, September, 20255.9 min read
  • Lots of regulations

    23, August, 2025

    What can we do about the mountain of regulation restricting growth in Australia? Can we do anything? Do we want to do something?

    By Published On: 23, August, 20256 min read

editor’s pick