The Daily Reckoning This weekend’s edition of the Daily Reckoning is a little unusual. Dr. Alex Cowie is on holiday in Queensland and I’ve only just returned from a publishing conference myself. And because I was travelling this week, I didn’t write a full complement of Daily Reckoning notes. So instead of reviewing the week’s events, I thought I’d tell you about a noteworthy phone conversation I had on Friday morning. “Australians are staking a lot on their understanding of what’s rea