Political goings on

Political goings on

by | Jul 15, 2008 | Uncategorized

What a busy day…First of all, I read in baralier  ‘s journal that the Aus­tralian gov­ern­ment has decided our ath­letes should­n’t wear human rights T‑shirts to China. As he so beau­ti­fully points out, once upon a time, we engaged in boy­cotts...

Inheritance

by | Jul 13, 2008 | Uncategorized

I’ve said many times before that I don’t really believe in fin­an­cial inher­it­ance sys­tems. I think they entrench wealth in unfair ways… but per­sonal inher­it­ance of sen­ti­mental items is another thing altogether.I’m cata­loguing my books (slowly) with...

This is not what I was planning to write…

by | Jun 27, 2008 | Uncategorized

Just had an intense and mean­der­ing con­ver­sa­tion with Doug that star­ted with the US gun laws (due to the recent Supreme Court decision) and ranged to changes in styles of female viol­ence due to fem­in­ism, rights cul­tures versus duty cul­tures, build­ing...