Dear Friends, and I thank Graham Perrett's office for its recent kind support, and several friends who made sure I have not gone under, I said it, now the NYT is reporting it May 19, 2024: Gift Article (I paid for it, the least you can do is read)...
From Peter FitzSimons, "David Marr on Dutton, Waleed … and being an outsider on Insiders," The Sydney Morning Herald online. Fitz: David! I interviewed the brilliant Hannah Ferguson last week, and one of the things she was decrying is that there’s...
From Nell Gluckman, ‘Call the Philosophy Department Office and Tell Them I Have Been Arrested’, MAY 7, 2024 Tell me what that day, April 25, was like for you. How did it start? I’m chair of my department, and we were having our once-every-10-year...
"Four Older men in a restaurant. Nothing unusual about that. Except to the observant and astute to the modern social dynamics, it does warrant a thought. Four Older men, each representative of at least three age groupings, 40s, 50s, and early 60s, and each at...
This is how intelligent and sensible politics is done. "In return, the university will form an advisory committee made up of student, faculty, and staff members to 'provide a conduit to engagement' with its investment committee; answer questions “to the...
An excellent piece, Christofer: “At issue between these two interpretive poles is the basic presumption of applied social science: to what extent can the recognition of recurring patterns translate into effective political policy? Yet, Thucydides...
From ALEX BOLLINGER, "George Santos Boils In Rage After He Was Tricked Into Celebrating Pedophilia," APRIL 25 2024, in CityWatch. "LGBTQ - Disgraced former Congressman George Santos (R-NY) is willing to say anything to make a buck. He even made a...
I felt I had a conversation with the dead Ruth, except her expert career was as a development worker-social worker. Ruth, at the other end of the machine, was the expert in the Optus information technology system. In fact, on firm reasoning I suspect that Ruth is the...
REMINDER A PUBLIC MEETING OF THE Southern Brisbane Suburban Forum (SBSF) 6.00 P.M., (TOMORROW NIGHT) THURSDAY APRIL 25, 2024 HOLLAND PARK LIBRARY 81 Seville Rd, Holland Park QLD 4121 THE FOCUS: The SBSF Annual Forum with the tentatively planning...