Rowland Croucher
Half a Dozen Weak Jokes :-)
I was in the six item express lane at the store quietly fuming. Completely ignoring the sign, the woman ahead of me had slipped into the check-out line pushing a cart piled high with groceries. Imagine my delight when the cashier beckoned the woman to come forward looked into the cart and asked sweetly, “So […]
Greed – the Market’s Forgotten Vice
Greed is the market’s forgotten vice Date April 21, 2014 Ross Gittins The Sydney Morning Herald’s Economics Editor Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street… from the American dream to greed untold. Photo: Supplied Where do Easter and business intersect? Well, what about at greed. But what is unique to our age […]
How’s this for a 5-year-old? Over the top!
“I am not stupid! Sometimes, I just have bad luck when thinking”… http://www.dump.com/geniusgeography/
The Captain [sometimes] goes down with the ship…
[NY Times 19 April 2014] Ever since the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage, carrying its captain and many of the passengers with it, the notion that the captain goes down with his ship has been ingrained in popular culture. But now, for the second time in just over two years, a sea captain ¢â‚¬” […]
Brian Harradine: a ‘conviction politician’
Independent used his votes to champion Tasmania’s cause Date April 18, 2014 Jeremy Stuparich Brian Harradine makes his final speech in the Senate. Photo: Andrew Taylor Brian Harradine Senator 9-1-1935 ¢â‚¬” 14-4-2014 Brian Harradine was Australia’s longest-serving independent senator, representing Tasmania for 30 years. He also held the Senate balance of power from late 1994 to March 1996, […]
Top 10 tips for atheists this Easter
OPINION THE DRUM JOHN DICKSON PHOTOThere is a dissonance between Christ’s “love your enemies” and Moses’ “slay the wicked”. DEAN LEWINS: AAP Atheists should drop their easily dismissed scientific, philosophical or historical arguments against Christianity, and instead quiz believers about Old Testament violence and hell, writes John Dickson. As an intellectual movement, Christianity has a […]
GOOD QUESTIONS ARE BETTER THAN BAD ANSWERS
[Rough draft of an early chapter in my new book, Questions & Responses, to be published later this year, 2014] ~~It’s 4.05 am April 18, 2014, and I’ve just been awakened by three experiences: a loud sound, a very recent memory, and a deep feeling of amazement and grief… * The sound of heavy rain – a […]
Pope asks for forgiveness
by MARTIN E. MARTY Monday | Apr 14 2014 Holy Week in the Western Christian calendar is a time for Christians to confess their sins, ask for forgiveness, and seek to amend their lives. A billion believers will be doing all that in the five days ahead. Some may do it in their churches, some […]
‘Like it or not, global stability depends on American global leadership.’
Neocons: they’re not necessarily a bad thing Date April 10, 2014 Reihan Salam ‘Like it or not, global stability depends on American global leadership.’ Photo: AFP Eleven years ago last week, Baghdad fell to US forces. Donald Rumsfeld, who at the time was serving as George Bush ¢â‚¬â„¢s defence secretary, famously dismissed the lawlessness that followed the […]
How can I build bridges with my daughter, who has rejected me?
A woman’s grown-up daughter has told her that their relationship is over. Mariella Frostrup advises her to send a friendly note offering to help care for her daughter’s children ¢â‚¬ ¦ ‘There’s no right and wrong here, you should be hugging and helping each other out’: Mariella Frostrup tries to bring a grandmother and her daughter together […]
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