The Geecologist

Do You Condemn?

Do You Condemn?

Jul 18, 2026 | Essays, Non-Fiction | 0 comments

Negotiating Power Relations through (In)DirectQuestions and Answers Design in Ethno-political Interviews Political Condemnations and Moral Scripts Condemnations are an integral rhetorical resource of epideictic rhetoric, the rhetoric of praise and blame, which...
Politics on the Edge

Politics on the Edge

Apr 4, 2026 | Essays, Non-Fiction | 0 comments

‘David has decided,’ one of his aides explained, when I met him later, ‘that one cannot criticise a war when there are troops on the ground.’ ‘Why?’ ‘Well … we have had that debate. But he feels it is a principle of British government.’ ‘But Churchill criticised the...
A Confederacy of Dunces

A Confederacy of Dunces

Jan 20, 2024 | Fiction | 0 comments

Along the block some people were out on their porches looking at him and the motorcycle. The shutters across the street that slowly flipped up and down to get the proper focus indicated that he also had a considerable unseen audience, for a police motorcycle in the...
Strength to Love

Strength to Love

Oct 11, 2017 | Non-Fiction | 0 comments

Jesus called the rich man a fool because he failed to realize his dependence on God. He talked as though he unfolded the seasons and provided the fertility of the soil, controlled the rising and the setting of the sun, and regulated the natural processes that produce...
The History of Mr Polly

The History of Mr Polly

Nov 20, 2010 | Fiction | 0 comments

But when a man has once broken through the paper walls of everyday circumstance, those unsubstantial walls that hold so many of us securely prisoned from the cradle to the grave, he has made a discovery. If the world does not please you, you can change it. Determine...