Life out of Balance

May 6, 2020 10

I recall 1982 as a confluence of firsts. As I began my thirty first year, life seemed as an endless sequence of possibilities, rolling toward […]

Hungry miles

April 25, 2020 17

The other day a relative said she felt uneasy and that the present situation seems unreal. She described a sense of foreboding despite warm weather […]

A not so Good Friday

April 10, 2020 11

Today is Good Friday April 10, 2020. The latest modelling shows that although Australia’s COVID-19 curve is flattening, talk of its suppression seem as a […]

The Trickle-up Conspiracy

February 25, 2020 16

Henry Johnston’s article, NO WE CAN’T (AIMN, 13/02/2020) begins “Try as I might, I cannot pinpoint the exact moment or instance, when the world’s conservative […]

No we can’t

February 13, 2020 5

Try as I might, I cannot pinpoint the exact moment or instance, when the world’s conservative parties shifted from extolling tradition and practising good manners, […]

What is truth?

August 30, 2019 5

Jet lag is a crime against circadian rhythms. If you’ve travelled umpteenth hours at sub-sonic speed from near the meridian of forty degrees south, chances […]

A restless muddled class

August 12, 2019 14

With one word – zeitgeist — Germans manage to describe two complex metaphysical concepts:- time and spirit. Zeitgeist as adopted by the Anglophone world means […]

Remember Hiroshima

August 6, 2019 15

Today, Tuesday, 6th August 2019 is the 74th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The following is a detailed account of what happened that […]