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The Overton Pod - E33 - Dear John
Kanthan and Jonathan push back on the hysteria around the Jeffrey Epstein files, arguing that the saga is far less consequential than many claim. They then turn to John Steenhuisen’s fall from grace, unpacking what it means for his political future and the knock-on effects for the DA. The episode closes with a hard look at the prospects of South Africa’s most prominent political parties and who is actually positioned to survive the next electoral cycle.
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What I wrote on this day...
Blackening fishy French reputations...
Laissez les bons temps rouler! Let the good times roll! Mrs Jones, I’ve got to tell you this tale, and it will go down well at your next dinner party.
About 47 years after Jan van Riebeeck pitched up here on the shores of the Mother City, brothers Pierre le Moyne and Jean-Baptist le Moyne de Bienville zipped up the Mississippi from the Gulf of Mexico.
We have met the enemy...
'And if you gaze for long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.' — Nietzsche
DO you ever stop to think about the sort of people we choose as our friends? Do you ever consider how often those friends are completely different to what we are and what we aspire to be?
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?
