It seems we, the people of South Africa, lack an emotion. We lack it to such a degree that the absence of it in our hearts is distilled and purified in the halls of our nations power, the Union Buildings, the Parliament, the party National Committee and the halls of academia. We lack shame. We […]
Filed under: Africa, Commentary, Corruption, Crime, Decision Theory, Diplomacy, Government, Ideas, Obama, Politics, Zimbabwe, Zuma, ethics by Andrew la Grange
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Both men hail from Chicago. One is a world famous celebrity, wielding dominion over hoardes of fans. The other is Kanye West.
Check Barack during his student day’s doing a pretty good Kanye impression. The real question is, how prescient is Kanye West - to channel Barack Obama’s youthful ghost before the pics were released: […]
Filed under: Ideas, Irony, Media, Obama, Politics, Society, U.S. Elections by Andrew la Grange
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Last night I was telling a friend why I thought, on balance, Israel was justified in its actions in the Gaza strip, and that comparatively the death of 555 in 11 days of full on modern warfare, including several days of house to house street battles is a testament to the low casualties that the […]
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I haven’t blogged in a long time. I’ve been pretty busy with life and living, proving the living vs. blogging ratio is inversely proportional.
I’ve just returned from a funeral. The funeral of a great friend, a friend of mine for the last 10 years, a friend lost to a car accident, Ashley Buti aka […]
Filed under: Memoriam by Andrew la Grange
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