Jordan Statement by Islamic Leaders
There’s been little or no reporting in the Western press of a statement made by 170 Islamic leaders, meeting under the auspices of the King of Jordan in Amman on the 6th of July. The statement’s significance is two-fold – [...]
Pope Benedict and Israel
In an earlier post on The Pope and Islam, I noted some remarks that Benedict XVI made regarding terrorism. As it happens, a condemnation Benedict made of terrorism in the immediate aftermath of the second attempts at public transport bombings [...]
Chavez Ravine
Something different for an LP Saturday evening. I lived in Los Angeles for 2 ¬Ω years. I got to know Hollywood well, the Valley and even the rougher areas of Downtown LA. Driving around LA one can sense the past [...]
Saturday Salon
An open thread where you can, at your weekend leisure, discuss whatever you like.
Nude for Klimt
The Leopold Museum has a fantastic exhibition of works by Oskar Kokoschka, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele and Richard Gerstl entitled The Naked Truth, should you be in Vienna. The catch? The Museum recommends you attend nude. Vienna’s Leopold Museum has [...]
Winter Sunshine, Kim's Canonical Texts… and Sin
Incidentally, where did the annoying phrase “Christmas in July” come from? But I digress before I’ve begun. Thanks to the wonders of technology, you will be reading this post sometime around midnight in your freezing cold room, or on a [...]
Deakin Law Op/Edder Strikes Again
Some time ago, I wrote a piece at Online Opinion on the views of a Deakin Uni Law academic, James McConvill, on public intellectuals. I expressed some scepticism that his contributions to public debate, and the arguments of his senior [...]
Our Lady of Dolours
There seems to have been a (holy?) ghost in the LP machine. I just returned home from a very pleasant meal with friends at Southbank’s Ahmet’s Turkish restaurant (I’d been at work at Griffith Uni all afternoon) to discover a [...]
Pope Benedict and Islam
Monday marked 100 days of Benedict’s papacy. I’ve just been reading National Catholic Reporter journo John Allen’s excellent book on Benedict, and I’m also intending to write a long piece in the not too distant future about Benedict’s epistemology, his [...]
Starvation In Niger
Did anyone else catch the news on SBS last night about the famine in Niger? It was utterly heart-breaking, and I’m ashamed to admit I had no idea that this was occuring. Again. BBC News reports that some 3.6 million [...]
Carr resigns
Bob Carr has resigned as NSW Premier. Elsewhere: More at Cut Price Commentariat, wsa.caucus, Catallaxy, John Quiggin, The Daily Flute, For Battle!, Tree of Truth, Imagining Australia, Sailing Close to the Wind and The 52nd State.
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