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Warwick McFadyenBrisbane Times |
Donald Trump’s language is childish and one-dimensional; it also borrows from the tradition of maniacal apocalyptic preachers.
Surely, there are more pressing issues at home than launching another shot at the moon? You may say I’m a dreamer.
There was a time, not so long ago, that Catholic-Anglican hatred defined Australian life. Some had the good sense to rise above it.
More and more, the shadow of a phrase is stalking us. But there’s a glimmer of hope if we can find the thread.
Many of Rainer Maria Rilke’s poems speak of silence. These days, silence is a foreign country.
If we are lucky, we live carrying a heart within our own, everywhere we go, no matter how our lives might change.
Tomorrow, we awake to Wattle Day. How often does loveliness become official?
What causes the chambers of the heart to move? Something beyond calculations.
George Michael said you gotta have faith, and he was right.