"Australia’s cocaine trade illustrates how strong domestic demand, exceptionally high prices and globalised criminal supply chains can sustain a resilient illicit market," writes CLIVE WILLIAMS.
Clive Williams
Clive Williams is a Canberra columnist.
"A quatrain is a stanza or verse in poetry that has four lines. It often follows a rhyming formula of 'couplets', 'alternating rhymes' and 'enclosed rhymes'," writes Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS.
"Perfume isn’t only about how others perceive you – it’s also about how you feel. A fragrance can alter mood, confidence and self-perception almost instantly," writes Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS.
"Humans have always turned to opposites to make sense of their world. From the earliest myths to modern thought, we have relied on contrasts: good and bad, yes and no, light and dark, life and death," writes Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS.
The decision to centre the National Defence Strategy on nuclear submarines looks less like prudent hedging and more like a high-cost gamble, says Prof CLIVE WILLIAMS.
CLIVE WILLIAMS outlines what Australia must learn from Ukraine about drone technology and the future of warfare.
Having trouble following the events and opinions swirling around this week's sensational arrest of VC recipient Ben Roberts-Smith? Law professor CLIVE WILLIAMS, a former platoon commander, offers a step-by-step guide to what's going on.
"Evidence from neuroscience, ethology and comparative psychology shows that both species engage in forms of thought, including memory, problem-solving, anticipation and social cognition," writes Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS.
CLIVE WILLIAMS' Whimsy column runs every two weeks. Sometimes his trademark joke at the end is lost to space limitations. To make amends, he's written a column for this 'in between' week – and it's ALL anecdotes!
"In common usage, when context alone determines the meaning, we’re usually talking about polysemous words (words with multiple related or unrelated meanings)." Columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS returns to the endlessly fascinating English language.
Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS looks at "contranyms" – single words that can mean both one thing and its opposite depending on context.
As the shockwaves from the death of Jeffrey Epstein rock high-profile reputations around the world, intelligence expert CLIVE WILLIAMS focuses on the circumstances of the conman's demise in a New York prison cell.
