Monthly Archives: January 2021

An Australia Day reflection on Aboriginal fire

Booting Indigenous Australians off their land wasn’t such a good idea after all. Cultures and traditions are like forests. Their big, structural elements need to be left undisturbed for long periods, with small, frequent changes here and there to stimulate … Continue reading

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The continuing calamity of global warming

With temperatures rising at a fearsome rate, we need our political masters to cede policy power to real authorities. As if the ructions caused by the global pandemic and political mayhem in the US weren’t enough, last week we were … Continue reading

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Donald Trump’s attack on Congress

Treading in the footsteps of Hitler, Trump has desecrated the temple of American democracy. In a beer garden scene in Bob Fosse’s 1972 movie of the stage musical Cabaret, set in Germany in the 1930s, a blonde teenage boy stands … Continue reading

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