I was touched today by the poem “Friday’s Child” by WH Auden, written in memory of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. It reads in part:
And must put up with having learned
All proofs or disproofs that we tender
Of His existence are returned
Unopened to the sender.
Now, did He really break the seal
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This weekend we celebrated Easter with some close friends and family by throwing a lavish dinner party. This is something that we have been wanting to do for a while, and we thought that Easter Sunday was a fitting time for this sort of celebration. The weekend was spent attending church and rushing […]

US says it respects international borders unless it doesn’t suit them at the time, as senior commanders confirm they will cross into Syria if they think they that Saddam is held there. Perhaps they could knock first.
The article is here

Phil has been urging me to respond to some of the comments posted in response to my earlier post about the legality of an invasion of Iraq. First, a personal reflection. I opposed the war in Iraq until it started. This is not a contradictory position, because the prime reason for my […]

“The bullet passed straight through his head. He died in my arms,” Mr al-Bahrani says, tears streaming down his cheeks. “I never had anything to do with Saddam’s regime. I have never held a gun. I had nothing to do with this war. Why did these Americans do these things?””
Full article here

Poor Mr Howard can’t take a trick.
When Iraqi refugees arrive in Australia on leaking boats, he locks them up for the ’security of the nation’.
At his moment of glory in his war that he involved Australia for the “security of the nation against the very regime that the refugees were fleeing from, this happens:
Poor […]

Okay, there have been a couple of things that have been bugging me of late - in no particular order.
1. Why does virtually every fictional TV show or movie about the US presidency have a democrat as a president? (west wing, dave, the american president) Is it just that the movie/tv industry is democrat, […]

I have been following a cross-blog exchange between wood at connexions and mark byron about a post that wood had written. If you start from there, you can follow the dialogue.
I am finding myself agreeing with both of them on different points. Wood says:
You see, I think the biggest mistake both Liberals and […]

Found another great piece on breathing space. It reads in part:
Am I the only one:
..who can sing these songs without even feeling or agreeing with the words,
..who deals with people at arms length, instead of heart to heart as God would have it
..who simply doesn’t know what to do to be a Christian any […]

Phil, this is robert hulls, our state attorney general (he was at the footy the other day and phil didn’t know who he was and said we were geeks that we recognised him).
In a media release today, hulls has decided to repeal certain provisions in the vagrancy act, which outlaws fortune telling and witchcraft. […]