A life at the end of history
Posted in Politics on 23 June 2009
Memorial to Neda Soltan: Angel of Freedom
The current horror in Iran between a majority of people who want to be free in a secular society and the minority of insane fundamentalists who are happy to slaughter in the name of Allah is a clear example of a species that looks to have passed its use-by [...]
Posted in Politics on 15 June 2009
A couple of Saturdays ago I drove over to the Barren Valley Shopping Centre for brekkie. There’s a cubby in the food court that serves breakfast for $7.90. It’s cheap, it’s nearby, and best of all, I don’t have to cook it.
It was too early for the weekend rush so I had a chat with [...]
Posted in Politics on 23 January 2009
Obama is “that rare kind of attuned being who has the ability to lead us not merely to new foreign policies or health care plans or whatnot, but who can actually help usher in a new way of being on the planet, of relating and connecting and engaging with this bizarre earthly experiment. These kinds [...]