I haven’t visited this blog myself for a while.

The long and short of it is that after a technical glitch broke my flow in early August, I ended up feeling like a holiday from blogging.

So I took a few weeks off.

One of the joys of solo blogging is there’s no-one to fire me for indolence. It’s the freedom to slack off. In a highly evolved society, this would probably be recognized as a human right.

Every day is holy

Over the last few weeks, I’ve spent more time contributing to discussions on other websites. I’ve been quite active on independent Australian blogs such as Crikey and New Matilda. Both are serving a useful role, broadening the political debate in Australia, providing somewhat greater choice of material and opportunities for participation.

Judging by these two ‘alternative’ web media, a significant shift in consciousness is underway in terms of the key topics discussed on this website. But it’s a long slog. Here are a few of the recent articles on which I posted comments:

Articles on the Crikey website

• Ted Kennedy and Chappaquiddick, the true story by Bob Ellis
• Costello’s ABC attacks should be addressed (Crikey Editorial)
• Warnings of a second economic shock wave by Richard Farmer
• No-one forced Grech to concoct an email by Bernard Keane
• Our parliament sabotages our future by Clive Hamilton

Articles on the New Matilda website

• Oil Talks, And The Dying Scapegoat Walks by Alex Mitchell
• Time For A Proper Debate On Afghan War by Lee Rhiannon
• Why The War On Heroin Is Poppycock by Gideon Warhaft
• Expect More Home-Grown Terrorism by Taimor Hazou
• Opposition’s Climate Policy Is A Weak Joke by Ben Eltham
• The War Britain Doesn’t Want by Alex Mitchell
• Our Terror Laws Are Being Tested by Nicholas Broadbent
• Actually, Rudd DOES Break Promises by Mark Diesendorf
• Is It Right To Speak Of A ‘Jewish Lobby’? by Larry Stillman