Palm Sunday
The double bombing of Coptic churches in Egypt yesterday is another reminder, as if we need it, that there is a war going on, of […]
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Antwerp – walking in a terrorist’s pre-steps
39-year old Mohammed R., a French national of North African origin, allegedly tried to imitate the Westminster attack in Antwerp, but was stopped without any […]
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Looking the dead in the eye
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Death ends, not just in a physiological sense, but also metaphysically. The dead are unreal; they remain only as […]
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I’ve got 21 beaches but the Gold Coast ain’t one
Another international ranking, another slap in the face of Queensland (“beautiful one day, perfect the next”). My local pride does not allow me to take […]
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The Great Wall of Fannys, or “it’s modern art; you wouldn’t understand it, you Philistine”
*Warning: language (not my own (and some mine)) and disturbing content* Apologies for the blog silence over the past four days; I was enjoying a […]
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The Daily Outrage
Today’s Daily Outrage courtesy of Sheikh Saleh Bin Fawzan Al-Fazwan, member of the Saudi Council of Senior Scholars, and what everyone on the Internet has already called […]
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Walking the Bloody Nose Ridge
They were hoping to take the island in four days. After all, there was not much to take, just an expanse of bleached coral, some […]
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Picture perfect
Travel is great. Everyone should do it. Thanks to the historically stunning rise of cheap transport more people than ever do it more often than […]
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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Every news and commentary outlet needs a good slogan. All the news that’s fit to print. We report, you decide. Speaking for the Workers’ Party […]
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