Election season has been declared and even something as benign as the newspaper weather report displays a photo of Kevin Rudd's windswept hair to report atmosperic conditions. Australian political campaigning is every bit as information devoid as is American campaigning; entirely useless accusations and half-truths. Useless, that is, unless you're the type to vote based on these fragments of rhetoric.
In this environment, I duck into a bookstore in search of some semblance of intelligence. I had heard something about intellectual magazines. Scanning the selections, I purchase one for a seemingly outrageous $20. Inside the cover says the publication is financially supported by the Australian Council for the Arts, Arts Victoria, and the Victoria University College of Arts. All of that and I'm still paying $20?? Still hoping for something, I read the first essay. It's not bad. But it's written by an American.
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