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Originally posted on The Devil of History: On Sunday, Salon.com had an essay on the recent Fareed Zakaria plagiarism case. For those of you who don’t follow American middlebrow news sources with a passion, the story is that Zakaria—a regular commentator and columnist for CNN and TIME magazine—lifted a paragraph about the book Gunfight almost… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Aug. 22, 2012
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Bloody Hell Your diarist is a blood donor. Well, he’d like to be, although it seems a rather difficult function to perform in Bali. He possesses a blood type that is very rare in this part of the world, and so has registered with the Red… Continue reading
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JULIAN ASSANGE (Editorial in The Australian newspaper today)
This says it all … Assange’s hypocritical homily IN his political sermon, uttered from the open-air balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy to the adoring crowd below, Julian Assange confirmed what many have always suspected: his hypocrisy and cowardice is rivalled only by his self-aggrandisement and arrogance. In pleading his case for martyrdom, he was quick… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Aug. 8, 2012
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Oh Rats! Another problem All of a sudden, The Cage has rats. We are taking steps to eliminate the problem (and the rats) but the incident has prompted further intemperate thought about the vagaries, and difficulties, of life on Pulau Rusak. The rats in question appear… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, July 25, 2012
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Oh Yes, It’s Paradise Here Some days you just want to sit down and cry. It’s not the crowded crassness of mass tourism that does this, or even the mindless self-absorption of the Rave ‘n’ Groove sector; though both can cause intense irritation if you… Continue reading
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The Problem of the Australian Labor Party
This analysis by HENRY ERGAS, in The Australian, July 23, 2012, is crucial reading. Here is his text: AT the heart of Labor’s problems is its reaction to the 2010 election. In that election, voters swung to the Right, but thanks to Julia Gillard’s deal with the Greens, the government shifted sharply to the… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, July 11, 2012
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences My Hat, it’s Good to See You A spell in Lombok can do wonders for the jaded soul, and thus it was recently when Diary and Distaff took some lovely Balinese friends from Nusa Dua, a family of five, to the island and to Gili Trawangan… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, June 27, 2012
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Raking it In The lively Beat Daily, the online news update produced by the chaps behind the bi-weekly entertainment glossy, had an interesting item recently, sourced from the local Bahasa press, though not – read on – the Bali Post: the 2012 Top 10 corporate rich… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, June 13, 2012
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Stir Slowly, Drink at Leisure The May edition of the 2012 Ubud Writers and Readers Festival newsletter made it out with a week to go before it was June – it popped into the Diary’s in-box on May 26. And since it was leading off with… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, May 30, 2012
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Oh Wow! Things Work! Two weeks in Phuket can work wonders for you. Especially when it’s raining, on and off, which it is at this time of the year, the reverse (almost exactly) of Bali’s seasons: Phuket is seven degrees 53 minutes North, Bali eight degrees… Continue reading
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