Tales from a Korean Wedding
Or: How to Get Married in 3 Hours and Feed 200 Strangers at Once Seoul is a city built on contradictions and careful choreography. It’s a place where forty-storey glass towers cast shadows on two-storey barbecue joints. Where tree-lined alleyways snake between apartment blocks like the city is still trying to remember its village roots. […]
Key Events Leading to May 2025: The Implementation of Project 2025 and Its Consequences
Phase 1: The Shockwave (January–February 2025) 1. Federal Government Restructuring Begins A massive purge of federal employees begins as Schedule F reclassification is implemented. This allows the administration to fire thousands of career bureaucrats in agencies like the DOJ, EPA, Department of Education, SEC, and State Department. Hiring freezes are extended while new conservative-aligned personnel […]
Sydney: Too Pretty for Its Own Good, Too Rich to Notice Its Soul Slipped Out the Back
There was a time, not long ago, when Sydney was a city with swagger. A place with monorails in the sky and music in the streets. A place that could look Melbourne square in the laneway and say: “We have beaches and culture.” But somewhere along the shimmering harbour, past the empty pokie lounges and […]