“Would you like a bag with that?” It was less of a polite sales offer and more of a violent ethical challenge. And it must have been the 30th time I’d heard the same brutal question in the same brutal tone that week. As you know, the Western shopper should always answer, “No”. He will […]

Ahmadinejad is hot Helen Razer –The National Times – October 14, prescription 2009 “Ahmadinejad is hot,” said my partner as we were watching the telly. This revelation shocked me on several counts. First, I was aghast that she could find anything positive at all to say about a man of whom the world’s most learned […]

Just about a year ago, prescription I received the oddest email. “Hi, search can we talk,” was its subject; an invitation I rarely decline. Its author, who claimed to be a 14-year-old boy with a rare hormonal disorder, attached a picture of himself to the correspondence. At first blush, the image appeared to be of […]