A parable for our times

Morocco Strett

Niki de Goodaboom, “Street Scene: Morocco”.

“ … all things are done in parables: that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear and not understand.” (Mark 4, 11 – 12)

By Gary Scarrabelotti

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The Twelve Days

Rogier van der Weyden (Flemish school, 1400 – 1464), Adoration of the Magi.

Christmas has more than a ring of truth about it.

By Gary Scarrabelotti

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Defending marriage by avoiding battle

Abbott contemplates the next move.

A wise general does not fight a battle, if he can avoid it, except under conditions of his own choosing. And so with Abbott.

By Gary Scarrabelotti

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Woolwich Barracks

Holed-up within our immigrant Moslem communities is a cadre of violent Islamists.

By Gary Scarrabelotti 

Known to MI5, but deemed a “peripheral” player.

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Kevin Rudd’s Damascus road reversal

No soaring intellect — just hen-pecked, lonely and desperate to be a player.

Ditch the switch: why Rudd is wrong on gay marriage | by Michael Cook | The Drum | May 23, 2013

 

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