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August 2007

  • The moon and wisdom (30 Aug 07)
    The lunar eclipse on Tuesday evening coincided with a pot-luck dinner party of a group of friends at our place. Throughout the dinner we kept stepping out into the winter-cold ...
  • Diana remembered (27 Aug 07)
    Prayers to mark the Tenth Anniversary of the death of Diana Princess of Wales written by Dr Rowan Williams Archbishop of Canterbury God our Father we remember before you DIANA ...
  • Statements and warnings (27 Aug 07)
    There has been much discussion about "A most agonising journey towards Lambeth" a long recent letter from Archbishop Peter Akinola Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) to bishops ...
  • Affrerement : Some history for John Howard to read (27 Aug 07)
    Allan A. Tulchin of Shippensburg University in a widely-noted article ( "Same-sex couples creating households in old regime France: the uses of the affrèrement." Journal of Modern History September 2007) ...
  • Andrews should go (22 Aug 07)
    I am pleased that Federal Court judge Mr Justice Jeffrey Spender set aside Immigration Minister Andrews' decision on 16 July to cancel Dr Haneef's work visa finding the Minister had ...
  • Ruthless intolerance of the Other (17 Aug 07)
    Although many soldiers and other have given of their best the continuing disaster of Iraq confirms my long-held conclusion that the essential attribute of the American-led policy and strategy is ...
  • A neighbour burned (09 Aug 07)
    Arson has severely damaged our nearby Roman Catholic church St. Joseph's O'Connor and largely destroyed the adjoining the parish centre -- perhaps $3 million in damage. Bishop Pat Power said ...
  • Will the Bishop in Iran speak out? (08 Aug 07)
    The installation of a new Anglican Bishop in Iran is a happy occasion (ACNS 6 Aug 07). Yet the Iran authorities continue floggings and executions of minors and homosexuals and ...
  • The least protection? (05 Aug 07)
    The Guardian's commentator Rosa Davis rightly reminds readers that in "A case of extraordinary amnesia" "The world seems to have forgotten that international humanitarian law applies to everyone--even suspected terrorists.". ...
  • Bigger target needed (05 Aug 07)
    The Oz Politics site is often informative for example with this aggregation of Australian polling trends. This shows that:Labor would win in a landslide if an election were called now;the ...
  • Wet turns to dry and dry turns to wet (04 Aug 07)
    A Kenyan friend writes:Even Nairobi has been very cold going as low as eight degrees Celsius and a high of twenty! To us that is unusual. I think all of ...
  • Terror review overdue (04 Aug 07)
    George Williams Anthony Mason professor and director of the Gilbert and Tobin Centre of Public Law at the University of NSW reminds us of the Government's promise to fully review ...
  • Figaro with style (02 Aug 07)
    All the way with Figaro A small troupe takes on one of the best-loved operas with intimacy and style by Natasha Rudra. Canberra Times 1 August 2007 : Times 2 ...
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