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The Palestinians: Who’s their Mandela?

The Palestinians: Who’s their Mandela? Review, The Economist, 25 November 2006 and rep at ei The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood By Rashid Khalidi, Beacon; … Continue reading

27 November, 2006 · Leave a comment

More Rumi-nations

I happened upon more great Rumi verse as I was working today, always good to read this great Persian poet. This is a nice allegory for the value of honouring … Continue reading

21 November, 2006 · 2 Comments

The Passion of the Western Mind

A Norwegian friend and I living in Canberra a few years ago had fun filling up some rare idle time writing lists on a rainy day. Personal top tens such … Continue reading

13 November, 2006 · 2 Comments

Carter’s Palestine: Peace, not Apartheid

In his own words, well worth a read. Related posts: Jimmy Carter: Speaking Frankly about Israel and Palestine Interview on Democracy Now Related external links: JC Nobel Prize Lecture | … Continue reading

13 November, 2006 · 2 Comments

Timely Reminders

"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better, but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley

"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination. All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"


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