JAGGED #5 – The curse of intelligence.
Follows on from JAGGED #4 Chapter 15: The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Not that one. This one! Last time I said to you that this […]
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Mosques, Museums and Politics: The Fate of Hagia Sophia
When the caustic Evelyn Waugh visited the majestic sixth century creation of Emperor Justinian, one subsequently enlarged, enriched and encrusted by various rulers, he felt […]
JAGGED #4 – My Darkness.
Follows on from JAGGED #3 Chapter 11: I believe you. I hear you. Your story should be told. I believe you. I hear you. Your […]
The Coronavirus Republic: Three Million Infections and Rising
The United States is famed for doing things, not to scale, but off it. Size is the be-all and end-all, and the coronavirus is now […]
Netanyahu’s Annexation Drive
Land seizures, annexations, and conquest. These are words axiomatic to the state of Israel. In the main, the state has maintained an uncomfortable position based […]
While the Shark Still Swims: Boris Johnson, Super Saturday and Super Responsibilities
By most accounts, the response of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to the coronavirus pandemic has been abysmal. When the architect of the response himself […]
JAGGED #3 – Addictions: Guzzle and suck.
Follows on from JAGGED #2 Chapter 6: No rock to hide behind. But the heavy stones remain unturned. Medicolegal Report 27 January 2018: “Mr Davis […]
Killing Koalas: The Promise of Extinction Down Under
The British conservationist Gerald Durrell once remarked that the koala was “the most boring of animals.” Its brain size, proportionally the smallest of any mammal, […]
The Kafkaesque Imperium: Julian Assange and the Second Superseding Indictment
The Kafkaesque Imperium has taken yet another absurd step towards mean absurdity with another superseding indictment against Julian Assange. This move by the US Department […]
JAGGED #2 – The Mind I live in.
Please look at JAGGED #1 before reading on – it will give you some context, and it contains the obligatory Trigger Warnings regarding childhood sexual […]
A Trendy Rage: Boycotting Facebook and the Stop Hate for Profit Campaign
Rage can be that most trendy of things, and social media rage has become modish. If you dislike something, scream it in a certain number […]
JAGGED #1 – Introduction to the book.
In approximately a week or so time my book JAGGED will start to appear in serial form on The Australian Independent Media Network platform. I […]
Indicting Hashim Thaçi: The Kosovo Specialist Prosecutor’s Office Gets Busy
When it comes to the touchy, violent matter of Kosovar affairs, history keeps company with the devils of nationalism and vengeance. Serbia remains scornful of […]
Bolton’s Memoir Bolts from the Stable
President Donald Trump’s former National Security Advisor John Bolton would have been confident. His indulgent The Room Where it Happened: A White House Memoir pitted […]
Dangerous and Uncertain: Coronavirus and the Nuclear Industry
Accountability has always been a problem in the nuclear industry, despite praises to the contrary. Constantly keeping its muddled head above water with government handouts […]