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Rita…
27 February 2025
Rita was one of a handful of people in my life whom I loved deeply, completely, effortlessly. more
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A hug dislodges a wedge
28 May 2024
— "The Chinese dislike being touched by strangers. Do not touch, hug, lock arms, back slap or make any body contact.”
’No flags were harmed in the making of this ad‘
10 May 2024
— Let's move on. We have a country to fix.
Thoughts on the Ukraine and Israel conflicts
16 October 2023
— War is not a football match.
War is a very rational act.
The object of war is to win.
The back story to the Russian 'coup'
25 June 2023
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…it ended with a whimper rather than a bang. Wagner fighters agreed to halt their advance and return to their base in exchange for a guarantee of their safety.
The Saudi-Iran deal — 10 things you need to know
10 March 2023
— China, Saudi Arabia, and Iran issued a joint communique announcing normalising of diplomatic relations between the Saudis and the Iranians. This is huge.
A 10 point history of nuclear arms treaties between the US and Russia
1 March 2023
— Vladimir Putin announced that Moscow was suspending participation in a treaty with the United States limits their numbers of strategic nuclear warheads.
My favourite writings
Angels in desolation
'In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty,' Phil Ochs once said ...
The butterfly that stamped
This is the 9th month of the year 1999. There are 99 days to go to the last year of this century. Do you feel a sense of destiny?
Death of a friend
My tribute to Dr Abu Asvat was published in The Daily Princetonian and since then has appeared in many other places.
Jo'burg, the place of miracles
How we deal with death is as important as how we deal with life...
Happy birthday Mr Morris
"It was the worst of times, it was the best of times; … we had nothing before us, we had everything before us …"
Lamenting the loss of innocence
If you knew that a rose would scream, would you still pluck it?
