February 2007
- Red Carpets and other Banana Skins (28 Feb 07)
Kerry O'Brien interviewed Rupert Everett on the ABC's flagship 7.30 Report last night (27 Feb 07) particularly about Everett's recent autobiography Red Carpets and other Banana Skins. The full transcript ...
- Hailing a birthday (28 Feb 07)
Yesterday was my birthday. To celebrate a severe high-precipitation supercell thunderstorm hit our area in central Canberra late at night.Hail up 2cm in diameter fell for about 40 minutes with ...
- Davis appeals for our help (27 Feb 07)
This is a message sent to the lgbtanglicans mailing list of Changing Attitude from Mr Davis Mac-Iyalla Director of Changing Attitude Nigeria. Davis asks for every possible means of publicity ...
- Does the communiqué communicate to the Communion? (21 Feb 07)
The Anglican primates' communiqué following their meeting in Dar es Salaam is (too) long and difficult satisfies no one and and seems capable of opposing interpretations. Grateful that unity had ...
- The other 97 per cent (20 Feb 07)
Q. What message is this sending to people in the pews who are tired of this . . . what would you say is the end goal? A. The end ...
- Catholic not Roman (19 Feb 07)
Ruth Gledhill writes in The Times 19 Feb 07 of "Radical proposals to reunite Anglicans with the Roman Catholic Church under the leadership of the Pope" set out in Growing ...
- What is it that opens our eyes? (19 Feb 07)
I attended the consecration of my friend the Rt Revd Dr Stephen Pickard as Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Adelaide. It was also the celebration of the Feast of ...
- Manufactured crisis? (18 Feb 07)
In his latest column in The Guardian (17 Feb 07) Giles Fraser argues that rather than the current row over gay bishops threatening to shatter the Anglican Communion "almost the ...
- Buffalo burned (18 Feb 07)
Looking for somewhere to go for a break I thought Mt Buffalo would be good. I went there years ago; its beautiful. But I discover the resort's website is ...
- Stormy weather (16 Feb 07)
Stormy weather? Nope. Not a thunder clap and worse not a drop of rain. Two days after this warning one thunder clap and just a few drops. Sigh. Lord of ...
- Sanity prevails (16 Feb 07)
Amidst all the to-ing and fro-ing of the Primates Conference well catalogued by Thinking Anglicans and others regular press briefings are being given by the Archbishop of Brisbane and Primate ...
- Treasury lack of foresight (15 Feb 07)
It is astonishing that as it admitted yesterday Australia's Treasury department has no detailed assessment of the economic impact of climate change and considers there to be no urgent need ...
- Not without hope (14 Feb 07)
The Archbishop of Sydney the Most Rev. Dr Peter Jensen has written a gracious and challenging piece in the Sydney Morning Herald in the lead up to the primates meeting ...
- Red Cross bloody mindedness (14 Feb 07)
My employer a large government agency has a "Count's Vampire Shield" -- an interdivisional contest to enourage blood donations by workplace teams in work time. But we are reminded "Please ...
- Eclipsed (14 Feb 07)
Curiously until I read this from NASA I hadn't thought about eclipses of the moon caused by Earth. The next is on 3 March 2007 but we will not see ...
- Divorce at the table (14 Feb 07)
Ruth Gledhill argues in the Times Online (14 Feb 07) that "The primates of the Anglican Communion may wish to consider the benefits of schism. . . . There are ...
- Stale and mouldy, John (13 Feb 07)
John Howard's government is way way past its 'use by' date and is smelling distinctly stale and mouldyMr Howard has faced a storm of criticism after he said Democratic presidential ...
- No solution? (12 Feb 07)
"Life is too short to get too flustered." -- the Most Reverend Katherine Jefferts Schiori Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church "If there is no solution there is no problem." ...
- Truth enacted and lived (11 Feb 07)
Pieces like this by Don Cupitt (fellow of Emmanuel College Cambridge) published in The Guardian (3 Feb 07) are intriguing but also frustrating. For the ordinary non-philosopher like me it's ...
- Left to lament (10 Feb 07)
"Gay rights akin to Mexican stand-off." Editorial Canberra Times(8 Feb 07)Attorney-General Simon Corbell has been a model of reasonableness and restraint since being told by federal Attorney-General Philip Ruddock that ...
- To talk about life (10 Feb 07)
The Rt Revd Katherine Jefferts Schiori Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church of the USA is the subject of a feature article by Cathy Lynn Grossman in USA Today (4 ...
- PM material? (10 Feb 07)
Would I choose this man as Prime Minister of Australia? Yes I think so.(photo: Weekend Australian)But as political commentator Mungo MacCallum writes in The Australian "despite the favourable opinion polls ...
- Terence Tao (08 Feb 07)
Professor Terence Tao was one of those shortlisted for the most recent Australian of the Year award. I think he would also a strong contender for a title as cleverest living ...
- Humphries supports his constituency (08 Feb 07)
Liberal Senator Gary Humphries has supported the ACT Government's Civil Partnerships Bill disagreeing with federal Attorney-General Philip Ruddock who says that if the Bill is passed by the ACT Assembly ...
- Bring Hicks home (08 Feb 07)
This was parked in the avenue directly opposite the Australian Defence Force HQ this morning.David Hicks remains imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay because the Australian Government claims that there is no ...
- Not to be celebrated (08 Feb 07)
Attorney-General Ruddock has made clear the blatantly predudical reasons for the federal government's rejection of the ACT's most recent attempt to legislate for same-sex civil partnerships. They are not worthy ...
- Crumpled for the planet (07 Feb 07)
"We are entering the 'Oh Shit' era of global warming."-- Rolling Stone 3 Nov 05Seriously folks global warming is really really scary. Meanwhile here's a worthy suggestion by Dave Walker ...
- The straight Australia policy (06 Feb 07)
Attorney-General Philip Ruddock has informed the ACT that the Commonwealth would recommend that the Governor-General disallow the Australian Capital Territory's Civil Partnerships Bill 2006 in its current form. In a ...
- Jesus loves who? (06 Feb 07)
Think about it. Carefully. Story here here and here. ...
- There is nothing which the church needs more (04 Feb 07)
It is one of the supreme achievements of Jesus that he can enable the most diverse people to live together without in the least losing their own personalities or qualities. ...
- Adviser of the common good (04 Feb 07)
Along with at least 30 others from Canberra on Saturday I was in Adelaide to attend the consecration in St. Peter's Cathedral of Dr Stephen Pickard as Assistant Bishop in ...
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