US popular and political mindsets are really perpexing to the outsider. Congress is deeply divided over White House proposals for health…
NSW: Democracy Dud
NSW Parliament may be Australia’s oldest, but it’s become a funny form of democracy. Our voting system of course entrenches…
St Paul’s Collegial Canker
All-male St Paul’s College at Sydney University was described as having an ‘alcohol-soaked culture of ritualistic sexism’, following disclosure of pro-rape Facebook page ‘Define Statutory’ put up by its enlightened…
Surfers for Crustaceans
Only kidding, that should be Cetaceans. As we all know it refers to our marine mammal cousins: dolphins and whales. Last week a small…
Turnbull’s Twits
Liberal Party backroom apparatchiks have been indulging in dirty tricks as their NSW factions brawl over pre-selections for upcoming elections.…
Sex, Sand & Sculpture
‘Sculptures by the Sea’ is a hugely popular annual event at Sydney’s Tamarama Beach with sculptures along spectacular cliff tops, and 500,000 visitors. This…
‘Capitalism: A Love Story’
Michael Moore’s new film ventures into the broken lives of low income Americans suffering in the sub-prime melt-down and so-called global financial crisis, and…
Australia’s Afghan War
Retired Major-General Jim Molan was chief of operations of the multinational force in Iraq in 2004, and criticised for orchestrating…
Penile Circumspection
A recent report by pediatric experts at the Royal Australasian College of Physicians changes its official stance on ‘unnecessary’ circumcision for boys, acknowledging that it does…
Pathetic Packer
A new biography of James Packer, inheritor of Australia’s biggest fortune, apparently reveals little of uplifting value to the community, only inside stories and celebrity voyeurism. The…
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