In 2006 I was visiting the Philippines during the pre-election campaigning period, and was dumb-founded to read of scores of politically-motivated killings. Political candidates and their aides…
Today, I’m not going to worry about trying to find the words — he may be just a teenage boy, but Declan Galbraith says it so much more eloquently than I can, in his song “Tell Me Why”.
The Global Financial Crisis has, understandably, been feared and loathed by leaders and citizens around the world. Concerns about the possible collapse of entire economies, mass unemployment, widespread personal and corporate financial losses, and…
There’s times when I just want to leave the self-centred, politically correct, emotionally sterile and heartless Western ‘civilisation’ of Australia where inward-looking churches, bureaucratic Government agencies, and morally bankrupt society appear to be doing their utmost to quell any sense of love…
I’m a sucker for a cheap airfare! Anything that will get me to Philippines one more time makes my ears prick up. So Air Asia’s current sales have me salivating like Pavlov’s dog! Under $300 return to Philippines if I’m prepared to fly via Kuala Lumpur.
For many years, fundraising (and, for that matter, commercial marketing) has operated on the basis that a simple transaction occurs when money changes hands, and the recipient of the money delivers a product or service in return. That…
