Random thoughts and observations
I’m currently reading Golden Fox by Wilbur Smith, which follows A Time To Die in the Courtneys of Africa series. I’m yet to work out why they aren’t listed in opposite order. A Time To Die is set in the 1980s in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Golden Fox is set in the late 1960s, early 70s. [...]
It’s disappointing how little media coverage there is in Australia these days of the ongoing chaos in Zimbabwe. Nothing much has changed in the past couple of years, except we hear and read less about it. I monitor various Internet news services and would like to mention an excellent web site called Zimbabwe Situation. It [...]
I’m going to Sydney for a few days to watch the cricket Test between Australia and Zimbabwe. I normally go to Melbourne for some of the Boxing Day Test, but with the twins due at Christmas I don’t plan to be away at that time. I’ve always had an interest in Zimbabwean cricket anyway. I [...]
Malcolm Fraser continues to impress with his ability to be so unimpressive. It’s long past the time he should have been confined to a secure room in the dementia ward of an appropriate institution. Fraser is the Jimmy Carter of Australian politics: A man who could have and should have achieved so much, but actually [...]
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