Twenty years of posts on geopolitics, philosophy, media, investing and whatever else has my attention.
In 1992, Melbourne businesswoman Yvonne Bornstein and her husband Daniel went to Russia on a business trip. They were kidnapped at the airport and tortured for 11 days…
Yesterday afternoon I was sitting in a cafe here in Brisbane, reading, thinking about how unlikely it was that Chrissy and I were both in Ajaccio at the…
The Irish "Child Abuse Commission" released its findings last week and they are pretty harrowing. They blow a huge hole in the suggestion that child abuse was a…
America’s Best Christian takes time to explain to less informed Christians the curious details of the Lord’s concept of marriage.
I watched Obama’s Cairo speech live via YouTube (how amazing is that?). My initial impressions were very positive. I, like everyone else, was in awe at his smooth…
I came across this animation this morning. It’s interesting but neglects the rise, fall and role of the Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek and Roman pagan religion, etc. http://www.mapsofwar.com/images/Religion.swf
After a year of talking about it, I’ve finally decided to launch a podcast about Brisbane – Brisbane Confidential. The goal is to produce a weekly video magazine…
For the last six years, Dr Paul Twomey (born in Dalby QLD, raised in Brisbane) has been running the interwebs. SRSLY. As CEO / President of ICANN, he’s…
Very cool! (via Geeky Gadgets)
UPDATE: 2013-05-22 Well Chrissy is now my wife, not my girlfriend, and her Suzuki violin & viola studio has been going strong in Brisbane for four years. She has…