10 April 2004

Whopper Wow!  Take a look at that. 12:29:36 PM    comment []

Reflections At Easter Still with the Daily Telegraph Opionion page, writer AN Wilson muses about the significance of Christianity, and particularly Anglicanism, from the viewpoint of a somewhat sceptical believer.  He makes a good case for going to church at Easter, and resonates with my own experiece and feelings as an Anglican, although i am currently enmeshed in the very graphic and intense experience that is the Greek Orthodox expression of Holy Week - very moving, passionately followed, and the most glorious Byzantine hymns, especially as interpreted by the cathedral choir of St. Dionysis church in Zakynthos. Just as an aside, as a South African, when last did you read writing of such quality and profundity in a local newspaper? 12:12:20 PM    comment []

This Vietnam generation of Americans has not learnt the lessons of history Niall Ferguson (again) commenting in the Daily Telegraph, points out that the current situation in Iraq is not like Vietnam, but rather almost identical to that in..... Iraq in 1920, when the British were attempting to take over post World War I.  However, US policymakers refuse to base their current decisions on anything other than (recent) American history, and this leads to the underestimation or wilful misestimation of the kinds of problems that are besetting the coalition in Iraq. 11:29:36 AM    comment []