A Brief Word About the Terrible Bush Fires

SYDNEY, NSW — As you all must know, the southeastern part of Australia has had to endure a series of brush fires that have destroyed a still-unknown number of homes and lives. As you can imagine, this awful story has dominated the news here for days. In fact, one newspaper recently published a 30-odd page insert dealing exclusively with this tragedy.

I’m about to leave my hotel — which means a loss of internet access — and therefore will not have time to write about the fires here. However, I did do something about it yesterday and posted that on my other blog, Smatter of Opinion. Those interested may go here to read that.