Kvetch

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Cultural illegibility and the yearning at the heart of greatness

Apr 4 • Oz

28

8

5

March 2026

An Australian in Mexico

On status and legibility, chaos, immigration, and food

Mar 28 • Oz

33

3

4

Nick Cave's The Sick Bag Song

An Australian epic poem of hubris, cheek, and loneliness

Mar 21 • Oz

11

3

3

Nueva Australia

An Australian prophet who founded a new land

Mar 14 • Oz

28

13

2

The Americans

Marriage and the illusion of the real

Mar 7 • Oz

20

10

3

Australia: American FOB, American mimic

My modest contribution to Australia's historical narrative

Mar 1 • Oz

26

12

4

February 2026

On Liberalism's Aesthetic

Contra Cass Sunstein: Liberalism has a more muscular claim than just '60s nostalgia

Feb 22 • Oz

92

40

37

Was White Australia an aberration?

Australia has deep liberal roots that reject racial particularism

Feb 21 • Oz

23

21

8

American Will: The Panama Canal

Wresting victory from the earth

Feb 14 • Oz

72

13

11

The Miracle Man of Suez

The genius of will that cut a continent in half

Feb 7 • Oz

18

6

3

How Australia excised its British soul

Two countries, two paths

Feb 1 • Oz

23

14

2

January 2026

I still call Australia home

for love of this land

Jan 25 • Oz

45

6

2