March 2007
- Unfortunately not the first time (31 Mar 07)
The press is abuzz about a report by Damien Ressiot in L'Equipe (30 Mar) alleging that swimmer Ian Thorpe "took a dope test in 2006 which revealed abnormally high readings ...
- Incompetent as well as unjust (31 Mar 07)
This report from Amnesty International (I am a member) is instructive. Not only does it show the injustice of the Guantánamo Military Commissions but the sheer incompetence of the process ...
- Guilt by incarceration (30 Mar 07)
David Hicks was a fool to get involved with the Taliban and I have no idea of whether or not he is guilty of a heinious crime but it is ...
- Nigerian church condemned by its own words (28 Mar 07)
In its recently published statement to the Anglican Communion listening process -- a statement approved by its Primate the Most Revd Peter Akinola The Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) says ...
- The Listening Process in Australia (28 Mar 07)
Anglican Communion News Service has announced that "Listening Process Summaries" are now available online.The culmination of months of work on what is known as "The Listening Process " a process ...
- The unfair trials of Hicks (27 Mar 07)
This poll from the Canberra Times is just one indication that Australians are deeply disillusioned about the fairness of American "justice" under George Bush. Though few may have have much ...
- The annunciation : a gift we dare not deny (26 Mar 07)
1000th post 26 March : The Annunciation of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Fra Angelico. Annunciation. San Marco Florence 1436-1445.Mary was a free woman because in the source ...
- To see as God sees (25 Mar 07)
Our eyes have grown accustomed either to looking at the world over our shoulder or toward the future and we've lost some of our Anglican ability to look in both ...
- Fulfilling their solemn duty (24 Mar 07)
The communiqué agreed by the meeting of the Primates of the Anglican Communion at their recent meeting in Dar-es-Salaam sought to impose on the (American) Episcopal Church a scheme for ...
- Why Santo? (20 Mar 07)
As far as I'm concerned The Age (Editorial 19 Mar 07) can have the last word on the Santoro debacle.The Prime Minister's own position in this affair is regrettable. It ...
- Still life in poetry (20 Mar 07)
I've been reading through The Best Australian Poems 2006 edited by Dorothy Porter (Black Inc. 2006). One of the poems that took my attention is by Judith Bishop "Still Life ...
- All was not lost . . . (19 Mar 07)
This lifted from Gareth Saunders' Taking the Episcopalian (Scottish that is). Where on God's earth do ecclesiastic outfitters dig up their models?! You know those people employed to model cassocks ...
- A weighty matter for Lent (19 Mar 07)
Traditionally Shrove Tuesday -- Mardi Gras or 'Fat Tuesday' -- is the last day for eating fat before giving it up for Lent. Fat is a Lenten issue was the ...
- A new Exodus? (18 Mar 07)
In a press release Davis Mac-Iyalla Director of Changing Attitude Nigeria is warning other countries that the passage of Nigeria's anti-gay legislation could cause significant problems for other countries.The restrictions ...
- New life in autumn (18 Mar 07)
Though it's early autumn the roses that lost most of their leaves in the hailstorm just two weeks ago are putting on new plum colored leaves in between the ...
- Silly Santoro (17 Mar 07)
In a highly politicised policy area such as Australian Government support for aged care public servants spend a great deal of effort preparing briefings speeches and reports for the Minister ...
- Humility is critical (12 Mar 07)
"It is not necessary . . . for anyone to be a member of any party faction or movement to be authentically Anglican nor is it necessary for any Anglican ...
- The mud spatters back (12 Mar 07)
Keven Rudd and the Labor Party have reached astonishing levels in the polls despite mud-slinging by John Howard and his Government. The latest monthly Herald/ACNielsen poll gives Labor a two-party-preferred ...
- International inaction on Sudan is culpable (10 Mar 07)
In its annual human rights assessment the US State Department rightly says tha the violence in Darfur region was the "most sobering reality" of human rights abuse in 2006. "The ...
- Inman's courageous ambiguity (08 Mar 07)
The death of John Inman is sad. Not much has was seen of him here except his famed role in the hit TV series Are you being served? His campiness ...
- Sense from Scotland (08 Mar 07)
As usual the Scots say what needs to be said in a few words sensibly and courteously.Statement from Changing Attitude Scotland Published March 6th 2007 Changing Attitude Scotland welcomes the ...
- Nothing radical about equality (07 Mar 07)
Mr Tim Wilson is a research fellow at "free market thinktank" the Institute of Public Affairs in Melbourne and a specialist in trade liberalisation globalisation intellectual property and foreign policy. ...
- He who is without sin . . . (06 Mar 07)
"The Australian people are sick and tired of John Howard abusing the office of Prime Minister to run a personal smear campaign against his opponent rather than debating the policy ...
- Wolfhagen's Wynne (04 Mar 07)
The annual Archibald prize for portraiture is always controversial and attracts much fanfare; this year it has been won by John Beard for a portrait of artist Janet Laurence. I ...
- The virtue of doubt (04 Mar 07)
Dr Susan Maushart Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Media Society and Culture at Curtin University writing in a column in the Weekend Australian Magazine 24-25 February 2007During the ...
- My place is to tell all that I meet (04 Mar 07)
Billy Thorpe died from a heart attack in Sydney on 28th February 2007 my birthday. At age 60 he was one year older than me. Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs ...
- Action, not promises, Mr Howard (04 Mar 07)
The Prime Minister's Office has apparently confirmed reports (e.g. in The Australian of 2 March) that he is considering legal changes to remove discrimination against same-sex couples in areas such ...
- Not to be wanted and not necessary (03 Mar 07)
On 23 February the Church Times asked in its leader "A new Communion: is it wanted?" My answer is simply "No." It is not to be wanted and not necessary. ...
- Dialogue without fear (01 Mar 07)
Members of the General Synod of the Church of England be congratulated on the civility and quality of their debates on 28th February (my birthday) the Synod's first extended debates ...
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