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Unspoken Realities: A Comment on the Howard Era

May 26, 2022September 13, 2022 by maximos62, posted in Australia, Borders, Indonesia, Nation States, Short Stories, terrorism, Timor L'Este

Recently Penny Wong was asked, What's your vision of the best Australia can be, in the world? She replied: I have a view that foreign policy is obviously an expression of the assertion and prosecution and protection of one's national interests and values; it is also the expression of identity. Referencing Gough Whitlam she continued … Continue reading Unspoken Realities: A Comment on the Howard Era

Peter’s Reverie

July 13, 2020July 24, 2020 by maximos62, posted in Short Stories

I've recently finished a story, Peter's Reverie. This is a tale I began to write in a state of optimism, though this was quickly dispelled by events, by a rise of new fundamentalisms in the world. Now we have also seen the rise of the Erdogan regime in Turkey. So my optimism for interfaith … Continue reading Peter’s Reverie