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Sex, lies and video stars
Charles Waterstreet Nothing is what it seems. The truth is often obscured by the portrayal of its opposite.
Mother feels call of duty when son has a video game in his sights
Sarah Napthali I confess, I was one of the zillions of well-intentioned mothers who would never allow her sons to wield toy guns.
Pornography killed the video star - pop music's latest little death
Warwick McFadyen Rock and roll and sex have always been a tempestuous marriage.
Turn video games into more than child's play
Damon Young School holidays. The young family sits in the cafe: mum, dad, baby and pre-school-aged son. The boy's not quite there.
Act your age: immature movie men highlight a Big issue
Steve Rose Growing up sucks. Being young sucks, too. Especially if you're a white American male. You need only look at the four heroes of American Pie: Reunion.
Spare the rod, spoil the planet
Elizabeth Farrelly A plague of unwhacked children. Is it possible that, in an array of future threats that includes climate change, financial collapse, sprawl, greed, war, pestilence and famine, humanity's primary...
Violent games don't really beget violence
Michael Duffy Violent video games do not encourage crime. They prevent it.
Time for Google to help local content
Julian Lee The top 20 most-watched programs in the past five years on free-to-air television are consistently Australian, which suggests quotas that demand 55 per cent of content is Australian are both a...
Pruning awaits a not-so-prim Pip
Wendy Squires Sadly there's nowhere to go but down after the high of being dubbed 'Her Royal Hotness' and having your bum regarded as something Michelangelo would have carved if he had got around to Doris after...
Heroes and booze: the unhealthy mix at the core of our culture
Suzy Freeman-Greene Heroes and drink often go together in Australia. Kids get mixed messages about alcohol and this week you could find them in VB's ''Raise a Glass'' Anzac ads.
How we lost the plot
As acronyms go, PWPANLAT doesn't have quite the zing of Yuppies (Young Upwardly mobile Professional), Dinks (Double Income No Kids) or Skins (Spend the Kids' Inheritance Now).
In a world of instant news, what cost the digital diet?
Wendy Squires In the past week I've had the good fortune of attending some Melbourne Fashion Festival parades. In the front row no less.
Even geeks can make the right connections
Courteney Hocking The internet can be destructive or banal, but it can also be liberating.
We're bombarded with swearing but who #*@%*! cares?
Chris Berg Profanity has lost much of its bite, so let's stop worrying about it.
Unlikely heroes shine as neighbourhood watches
Sam de Brito AN OLD friend of mine recently recounted to me the terrifying experience of a home invasion, when she and her boyfriend were beaten and threatened by two men.
The trials of justice
Charles Waterstreet We have come to regard the courtroom as one of the most dangerous work environments.
Horror of the Nazis has no place in comedy shows
Dvir Abramovich Programs that trivialise Hitler risk desensitising audiences to the Nazis' monstrous crimes.
Some things in life should be kept mum
Andrew Daddo MMMM, how to admit and keep face with the hard men?
AFL needs to man up on homophobia issue
Rob Mitchell Claims that the code is 'ahead of the game' on gay discrimination are rubbish.
Easing troubled minds
Michael Short Psychiatrists have effective therapies for mental illness, but they need to explain them better.
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