Recently the US Marine Corps lost an F-35. The circumstances are mostly undisclosed or rumour based, though that is to be expected in regards to…
Kym Robinson
Category: War, History and Foreign Policy
Former president Barack Obama recently put out a tweet with a link to organisations that may be of some help to the people of Libya…
“It’s not been burned, just looted, rifled. A moaning, by the walls half muffled: The mother’s wounded, still alive. The little daughter’s on the mattress,…
The Biographies of a Modern Empire Many books have been written about the rise and fall of great powers, the authors often speculate on what…
A decade ago I attended a charity event dedicated to children from all over the world that had experienced horrible things. There was a little…
“Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence and thereby eventually lose all…
The Frightened County is what Alan Renouf, one of Australia’s most prominent public servants, called Australia in his 1979 book of the same title. Renouf’s…
When Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was deposed in 1989, it is claimed that he pleaded for Tom Selleck and Jack Ramsay, a character he played…
Fighting Age Male “Then there was the war, and I married it because there was nothing else when I reached the age of falling in…
Christmas is a special period in many cultures, it’s one of festive spirits, family and giving. A time to give thanks and for those who…