Letter From Planet Earth: Foreword
Jamie wrote this column series for Woroni in the second half of 2012. Each piece was written a day or so before publication because, unlike previous article series, the topics were time
Category: Letter From Planet Earth
Letter From Planet Earth: Republican Primaries
Hey Gzorgax, Sorry, it’s been ages since my last letter and I hope all is well with you in the Gliese 667 system. These days everyone in my country seems
Letter From Planet Earth: Gay Marriage
Dear Gzorgax, I should really write more often. How is your planet going? What’s it like having three suns? Is Gzorgax a common name in Gliese 667 or were you
Letter From Planet Earth: Kony 2012
Dear Gzorgax, Down here on Earth we’re tired of this damn Stop Kony 2012 thing. I don’t know if you have Internet fads like this on the planet Gliese 667
Letter From Planet Earth: Nuclear Weapons
Hey Gzorgax, Apologies that this is an email; I didn’t have time to write a snail-mail letter this week. But at least I can include some links below to some
Letter From Planet Earth: Mummy Wars
Dear Gzorgax I want to tell you about the mummy wars: a debate over what women should do when human couples produce offspring. Historically, in such cases the young infant
Letter From Planet Earth: Epistemology
Dear Gzorgax So the other day I saw an interview with a very kindly, warm-hearted woman who claimed to have survived inoperable cancer by praying to Mary Mackillop: a long
Letter From Planet Earth: Eugenics
Dear Gzorgax, It’s time I came clean: I’ve been allowing my university’s newspaper to publish my side of our correspondence over the last few months. Surprisingly, despite the publication of