Southern Cross Review

The Editor's Page takes a break from bashing Bush in order to concentrate of ghosts - real or imaginary.

The “Features” section is dedicated to the apostle Judas, ex-bad guy, about whom Borges had doubts long before most of us did.

“Education” offers an article by an anthroposophical doctor which contains new ideas and treatments for emotionally ailing kids – without drugs.

In “Current Events”, an article by Peter Galbraith tells us how to get out of Iraq, a current situation, and George Orwell talks about the political bending of language, which is unfortunately still going on long after he noticed it.

We also offer more cool fiction this month: FTS gets lost and found in an exciting airline tale of time; Bob Cohen gives us a good-guy (sort of) cop story from the Big Apple; Gaither Stewart gets deep into weird religion in Italian village life; Thomas Mann (yes, the Thomas Mann) gets revenge from wherever he is, and Orwell’s 1984 continues.

I hope the kids will enjoy their bilingual pizza in the “Children’s Corner" (Rincón infantil).

In the “Science” section, R.H. Brady writes a brilliant article concerning the doubts about and dogma in – Darwinism. James Lovelock, the great ecologist of Gaia fame, surprisingly now advocates nuclear energy as a solution to the global warming crisis. And Konrad Rudnicki meditates on the Ancient Greek Cosmological Principle, following last month’s Ancient Indian Cosmological Principle.

If you didn’t know that a Fifth Gospel exists - outside the Church Canon and academic discourse – check out the Anthroposophy section for the first installment by Rudolf Steiner, as well as the next chapter of his autobiography.

Poetry includes classics by Coleridge and Whitman and a not-yet classic by a new (for us) poet, Wilhelm Klein.

A favorable review – but with regrets about its political impact - of the new flick “World Trade Center” makes up the “Movie Review” section, and Bobby Matherne is back with a review of a Mario Vargas Llosa’s non-fiction work, which will especially interest writers.