MOONSCAPE Like a name-dropping traveller through the galaxy’s night, The moon dispenses a greater luminary’s reflected light; Locked into an orbit of its colourful overlord, Linked to its master on an invisible umbilical cord. Twenty-nineteen brought a lunar celebration; A golden anniversary for the U.S. nation. Fifty years since those heady sci-fi aims came true;…
THE SMALLEST MINORITY: Independent Thinking in the Age of Mob Politicsby Kevin D. WilliamsonGateway Editions, Washington DCHardcover: 256 pagesPrice: AUD$53.99 Reviewed by David James Kevin D. Williamson’s book, The Smallest Minority, is an entirely reasonable critique of democracy’s shortcomings that just as entirely misses the point. He criticises the mob rule element in democracies, but…
WHY READ HANNAH ARENDT NOW?by Richard J. BernsteinPolity Publisher, CambridgePaperback: 120 pagesPrice: AUD$21.95 LOVE AND SAINT AUGUSTINEby Hannah ArendtUniversity of Chicago Press, ChicagoPaperback: 254 pagesPrice: AUD$32.99 Reviewed by Paul Gray Hannah Arendt is one of the most important thinkers of the late 20th century and, in this century, remains a key influence in con-temporary…
by Symeon J. Thompson It was a time of wonder, of adventure and heroism, of quests and great feats. It was a time long ago, a time that never really existed – or did it? Is it perhaps a time that exists in a special way, a way that can be accessed in the here…
