Welcome to our new place. It’s not quite finished yet, but most of the important stuff is here. Pull up a pew, grab a beer (or three) and join in the conversation.
Two of us are lawyers and long-time bloggers, while one of us is a journalist and cartoonist. We came together in May, 2008 with a plan to do something a bit interesting on the writing front, and to try out some new ideas. Feel free to wander around and enjoy what we’ve got on offer.
Do be aware that there are three of us, and that we don’t always agree. This blog is many things, but an echo chamber it ain’t.
skepticlawyer is Helen Dale
I’ve just completed the BCL at Oxford University, with an emphasis on jurisprudence (although my coursework interests were all over the place - everything from evidence to criminology to constitutional law). I’m now embarking on the MPhil, which involves a thesis and journal publications.
I started my blogging life at Thoughts on Freedom, the Australian Libertarian Society blog, and then wrote for Catallaxy, one of Australia’s bigger political blogs. I’ve also had a hand in preparing Missing Link over at Club Troppo. Despite all sorts of rash promises, I’ve only ever blogged at large group blogs where other people (thanks to Jason Soon and Sukrit Sabhlok) have had to do all the difficult stuff.
As should be reasonably obvious, politically I’m a classical liberal/libertarian. Put crudely, this means ‘economically right-wing, socially left wing’, although there’s a bit more to it than that.
I’ve also written a novel (for which I won the Miles Franklin Award, eons ago) and done opinion-editorial hackwork, but these days lawyering takes up most of my time.
Legal Eagle
I am a lawyer, part-time academic and PhD student. I live in Melbourne, Australia.
I’m passionate about the law (nerdy but true). I think that the resulting trust can be a beautiful thing. I am a wife and a mother of a daughter and a son. I like to draw and create art in my spare time.
I try to keep an open mind and I read blogs with many different viewpoints. I have included links to many types of blog (legal “blawgs”, personal blogs, political blogs of all stripes).
I used to have my own blog (The Legal Soapbox) which had a broadly centre-left approach, although I prefer to think that I am my “very own wing” rather than “left wing” or “right wing” (you can read about what this means here). Consequently, my posts have been cited by other blogs of many different political persuasions.
Like skepticlawyer, I’ve also had a hand in Club Troppo’s Missing Link, although I’ve always run my own blogs in my own way.
DeusExMacintosh
… is the house photoshoppery and funnies guru. She also may blog occasionally on the frustrations of being a disabled ex tech-journo; she warns punters she’s dangerous due to a tendency to strike at random. She has her own site here.
We also host various guest posters on stuff that takes our interest. This seems to be mainly trading and economics at the moment, but is always open to change.