http://www.orble.com/the-indirect-animal/ Whereas the animals proceed directly to their goal, man loses himself in detours; he is the indirect animal par excellence. en Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:47:00 GMT Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:47:00 GMT info@orble.com info@orble.com http://www.orble.com/sound-and-vision-bowie-genius/ There is no artist with such an incredible musical output as David Bowie, period 1969 (Space Oddity, the song and the album) to 1980 (Scary Monsters - side 2 is... http://www.orble.com/sound-and-vision-bowie-genius/#comments http://www.orble.com/sound-and-vision-bowie-genius/ Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:47:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/libertarian-case-in-good-hands-with-fadela-amara/2/ Fortunately there are still women calling themselves 'feminists' and fully living up to this title. Fadela Amara is the French Secretary of State in the government of President Nicolas Sarkozy... http://www.orble.com/libertarian-case-in-good-hands-with-fadela-amara/2/#comments http://www.orble.com/libertarian-case-in-good-hands-with-fadela-amara/2/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:24:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/the-headscarf-is-no-innocent-piece-of-clothing/ In yesterday's Sydney Morning Herald, I came across a small article on Shakira Hussein, who did fieldwork amongst the women of Pakistan for her PhD. In Australia, Shakira Hussein is... http://www.orble.com/the-headscarf-is-no-innocent-piece-of-clothing/#comments http://www.orble.com/the-headscarf-is-no-innocent-piece-of-clothing/ Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:19:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/the-conquest-of-happiness-according-to-bertrand-russell/ 'The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about other things, or, if it is night, about... http://www.orble.com/the-conquest-of-happiness-according-to-bertrand-russell/#comments http://www.orble.com/the-conquest-of-happiness-according-to-bertrand-russell/ Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:31:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/why-john-cheevers-journals-rank-amongst-the-most-intense-literary-documents/ 'To disguise nothing, to conceal nothing, to write about those things that are closest to our pain; to write about my sexual clumsiness, the agonies of Tantalus, the depth of... http://www.orble.com/why-john-cheevers-journals-rank-amongst-the-most-intense-literary-documents/#comments http://www.orble.com/why-john-cheevers-journals-rank-amongst-the-most-intense-literary-documents/ Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:29:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/the-genius-of-philip-roth/ "For hours after the three consecutive calls-and after the predictable banality and futility of the pep talk, after the attempt to revive the old esprit by reviving memories of his... http://www.orble.com/the-genius-of-philip-roth/#comments http://www.orble.com/the-genius-of-philip-roth/ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:56:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/evil-is-evil-no-matter-the-title-we-give-it/2/ When I reread the Introduction of Anne Applebaum s standard work on the Soviet concentration camps - Title: Gulag - I came across the following paragraph, dealing with Westerners buying... http://www.orble.com/evil-is-evil-no-matter-the-title-we-give-it/2/#comments http://www.orble.com/evil-is-evil-no-matter-the-title-we-give-it/2/ Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:32:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/archbishop-gives-wrong-signal/3/ Archbishop gives the wrong signal Archbishop Rowan Williams, head of the Anglican Church in the UK, said on BBC radio last week that the introduction of moderate elements of Islamic... http://www.orble.com/archbishop-gives-wrong-signal/3/#comments http://www.orble.com/archbishop-gives-wrong-signal/3/ Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:41:00 GMT http://www.orble.com/to-the-reader/ What a downfall, when you bear in mind, by some radical obsession, that man exists, that he is what he is - and that he cannot be otherwise. But what... http://www.orble.com/to-the-reader/#comments http://www.orble.com/to-the-reader/ Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:10:00 GMT