Herald
Culture in eclipse at the Herald Sun
Michael Shmith Arts pages in Australia's daily newspapers have had a chequered existence.
Music not to ears of everyone
BACKGROUND music in cafes, restaurants and clothing stores has been around ever since Major-General George O. Squier patented the idea back in the 1920s.
Policy on drugs endangers youth
Vivienne Moxham-Hall When you get to high school, you are taught that drugs are ''bad''. The teachers show you pictures and tell you the horror stories about drugs, but at that age, you can never really believe that...
Good cop, mad cop routine is fine for Hollywood, but let's keep it there
Bruce Guthrie Joyriding is dangerous, but police were way out of line last week.
A whole lot of dollars, but no sense of restraint
Bruce Guthrie In the late 19th century, in an essay entitled Gospel of Wealth, American industrialist Andrew Carnegie offered advice on how the rich should behave: Provide moderately, give generously and live...
Shadow is cast over the right to be forgotten
Richard Ackland Onto the stage at the City Recital Hall last month swept British philosopher A.C. Grayling, accompanied by his leonine locks.
Talent that's right on the button
Charles Waterstreet Who knew Keith Urban was such a nice guy, with great hair and a real feminine side?
Ethics? Somewhere in east England, according to the Murdoch compass
Bruce Guthrie The News chief can't have been serious with his evidence.
All diet customers are losing is their dignity, possums
Kasey Edwards It's hard not to laugh at Jenny Craig's latest attempt to convince us to buy its products.
Making a noise to keep old girls quiet
Heckler ''BLISS'' I thought to myself when I heard about the trial for quiet carriages between Newcastle and Sydney.
Successful brothel bid would be a stiletto to inner-Sydney's heart
Paul Sheehan Jerry Hall, the former model and ex-wife of Mick Jagger, once infamously said that a woman should be a maid in the living room, a cook in the kitchen and a whore in the bedroom.
Welfare bullying to the max
A RECENT survey reported in the Herald found that the federal government, through its agency Centrelink, was ''preoccupied with finding people who are receiving assistance for which they do not...
Sermon without substance
Peter Costello There is a pattern to the media cycle in Australia that is as predictable as the seasons.
The commercial that scared us - and might have saved us
Martin McKenzie-Murray IT LASTED only 60 seconds and ran for just three weeks - but 25 years later, we're still talking about it.
Scandal was always written in the stars
Mike Carlton THIS Lenten week of spiritual reflection has brought us a truly epic explosion of shock and horror, on all fronts.
MTR failure shows it pays to listen to your audience
Bruce Guthrie The axed talk radio station failed to heed the needs of Melbourne listeners.
Time to end city's pity party
Heckler WHAT'S been put into Sydney's water supply lately? Returning home for a visit after two years living in New York City, Sydney-siders seem to have lost their mojo.
Working for an upper crust can be tough on a princess
Gordon Rayner I am willing to bet that if you ask the person nearest to you who is fifth in the line of succession, they will struggle without resorting to Google or slowly counting off the royal family on their...
Think smart is way ahead
Ross Gittins THE fall in the Herald-Lateral Economics index of wellbeing is telling us Australia has come to the end of its good luck and from now on further improvement in our wellbeing will rely on good...
The trials of justice
Charles Waterstreet We have come to regard the courtroom as one of the most dangerous work environments.
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