Blunt Instrument
On stupidity, and why men should ignore Megan Gale
JOHN BIRMINGHAM Call me stupid, but I think there's something really admirable about stupidity. In particular brutish, dopey masculine stupidity. This sort of stupidity which makes the
The Vulture
Quit grouching about Oscar
KARL QUINN
So, the Oscars were terrible television? Not in my house, they weren't.
The Religious Write
By their fruit shall ye know them
BARNEY ZWARTZ
The jury is coming in on the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Melbourne last December: it has produced some good fruit, and may produce more.
Pinch of Basil
Torrents of abuse: of copy rights and copy wrongs
BASIL HEGAZI Hallelujah! So Digital Dave slew Greedy Goliath and the kingdom is at peace.
Econogirl
A sorry state of affairs
JESSICA IRVINE ''I sometimes smack my husband in the head when he’s snoring, then quickly roll over and pretend I’m sound asleep,'' confesses ''Jileen'' on
Balls
Why should Clarke place cricket first and romance second?
DAN SILKSTONE Michael Clarke went home early from work to handle some personal business. So what?
EpisOdes
The Adventures of Tony the Unbelievable
MICHAEL EPIS Having made the transition from Malcolm Turnbull to Tony Abbott, the Liberal Party has moved from tragi-comedy to straight out farce.
WorldView
Terms like jihadist terrorism are dangerous
DANIEL FLITTON Kevin Rudd has failed to learn the old wartime truism — ‘‘loose lips sink ships’’.
Chutzpah
Israel has friends in Christian places
DVIR ABRAMOVICH Question: Who said the following: ''Israel has no better friends in the world than Christian Zionists. This is a friendship of the heart, a friendship of common roots, and a friendship of common ...
Godless Gross
Atheism - a fizzer or fantastic?
DICK GROSS
With the Global Atheist Conference about to kick off this weekend, it might be a good time to assess where atheism is at the moment.
The Economic Brumby
A house is a castle. Build it not upon sand
MARTIN FEIL My friend Freddy thinks that the expression ‘‘my first home’’ is a contradiction of terms. He remembers a time when your home was your home. It wasn’t your first, your second or your last. Your ...
The Airport Economist
The magic of the net: Turning yabbies into oysters
TIM HARCOURT For me, it all started with yabbies. When I first joined the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade), I met a remarkable woman called Mary Nenke.
Modern Times
Rob Hulls, Kevin07 and the nodding heads
LAWRENCE MONEY Politicians are so obsessed with female votes they can’t see the wood for the bra straps.
Groucho
Seeing red
MICHAEL SHMITH Groucho, when he was a mere slip of a complaint, used to find himself attracted by the advertisements on the back of American comics.
Rocco Blog-Go
Tony Abbott's baby moment
ROCCO FAZZARI Putting politics aside the most satisfying part of the current news cycle is the infrequent appearance and mention of Tony Abbott.
Greenlines
Selling Ivory and Hunting Polar Bears
TOM ARUP
Selling ivory and hunting polar bears is just some of the lively issues up this month at a meeting on the trade of endangered species.
The Razor's Edge
Change may take time, but that doesn't mean it's not happening
LINDSAY TANNER It is one of the inevitable realities of government that you get criticised for consulting too much and for not consulting enough. In one breath you’re attacked for acting in haste and then you’re ...
Coonan's Comment
Labor cannot fix hospitals
HELEN COONAN The health system is no longer deteriorating – it has collapsed. At the hands of the bungled and bloated bureaucracies, run by hapless and disgraced ministers, the health system of our once great ...
The Small Print
Towards an artless society
ANDREW DYSON An Australia Council survey, waggishly entitled "More than Bums on Seats", has revealed that a healthy 30 per cent of Australians still believe the arts are elitist.
