Articles by Bert Hetebry

The war in Ukraine rolls on, seemingly an endless aggression which seeks either a capitulation or the nation’s complete destruction. This morning a report that […]

We live wonderfully sheltered lives in the western world; the world of consumerism, of capitalism where just about every need we have can be fulfilled, […]

I am a poor wayfaring stranger travelling through this world of woe but there’s no sickness, toil or danger in that bright land to which […]

It must be comforting to know in absolute terms that you are right. Right beyond reason, so right that it broaches no argument. I can’t […]

Before my retirement my workmate Paul said he hates working overtime because he pays way too much tax on the money earned. We talked about […]

Growing up can be fun. As a growing boy, the adventures get bigger as bodies grow, new skills are learned, kicking a football around, hitting […]

I read an interesting book recently, The Power of Strangers by Joe Keohane. Subtitle is The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World. I talk […]

My family arrived in Australia in 1954. It was a white Australia we came to, essentially a sort of reflection of an English society. We […]

Sometimes we are proud to be Australian. We cheer on our cricket teams, we carry high hopes for our tennis players, cheer on the Matildas […]

In the book Pathogenesis, the author Jonathan Kennedy refers to the phrase ‘Shit Life Syndrome’ being coined by local doctors in Blackpool, one of the […]

Repeat again and again, we are living in a cost of living crisis. And the government really urgently right now ought to be doing something […]

Orthodox: Following or conforming to the traditional or generally accepted rules or beliefs of a religion, philosophy or practice. (Oxford Dictionary) Humanity:1. Human beings collectively. […]