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Richard King

Richard King was born in the UK and now lives in Fremantle, Western Australia, where he writes for various rags and mags, including The Australian, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Monthly and New Matilda. He is the author of On Offence: The Politics of Indignation (Scribe, 2014) and the keeper of bloodycrossroads.com.Email: bingrj@yahoo.com.au

BLESSED ARE THE MODERATE: HOW NOT TO TALK ABOUT RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE

Posted on Monday, Jul 4, 2016 12:50AMFriday, December 8, 2017 by Richard King

by Richard King BEARDED MAN: Could you be quiet please? What was that? WISEGUY: I dunno; I was too busy talking to Bignose. SPECTATOR: I think it was “Blessed are the cheesemakers”. BEARDED MAN'S WIFE: What's so great about the cheesemakers? BEARDED MAN: Well obviously it's not meant to be taken literally; it refers to…

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ANALYSIS THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

Posted on Monday, Jun 6, 2016 12:05AMFriday, December 8, 2017 by Richard King

— 'You may call it “nonsense” if you like … but I've heard nonsense, compared with which that would be as sensible as a dictionary!' —The Red Queen in Through the Looking-Glass by Richard King When Seymour Hersh published his 10,000-word essay ‘The Killing of Osama bin Laden' last May he entered a strange and…

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WORKERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE! YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR JOBS

Posted on Monday, May 9, 2016 12:25AMFriday, December 8, 2017 by Richard King

by Richard King ‘If you want a vision of the future,' O'Brien tells a broken Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four, ‘imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever.' Alternatively, you might consider this scenario, from the comedy sketch show That Mitchell and Webb Sound on BBC Radio 4 … The time is about…

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