Environment
Social Darwinism shows we control our environment
David Sloan Wilson Most Australians accept Darwin's theory of evolution, unlike my fellow Americans. Like people everywhere, however, most Australians don't think about evolution as a theory that can help us improve...
Camp dwellers crave a safe environment
Bob Durnan Building houses in Alice Springs is pointless if alcohol is still available.
The problem with our environment is too many of us
Roger Short The latest report of the UN population division of March 11, 2009 shows that the world's population is 6.8 billion, and is expected to exceed 9 billion by 2050.
Haven for kids living on the edge
Charles Waterstreet Atlanta and I travelled in a taxi driven by a fat man who spoke no English.
Children a gift that keeps giving
Adele Horin Does having children make you happy? Everyone assumed it did until the era of happiness research revealed parents to be a miserable lot.
Deportee belongs back in Australia
Jason Pobjoy Labor can add meeting human rights obligations to its list of broken promises.
Father of all broken toy stories
FOR a Logical Dad the raising of daughters can uncover many conundrums not found in any other environment.
When all else fails, society can too
Adele Horin It was a textbook case of society's failure to save a child. By the time she stood before magistrate David Heilpern in the Maclean Children's Court, aged barely 15, Diane* had a history of violent...
Mysteries of anarchy in the US
Peter FitzSimons My first contact with US soil for a couple of years saw me right in the middle of a protest.
Orient express risks neglecting Europe
Dimity Mannering On any night at any of tens of networking events from Beijing to Jakarta, the air heaves with the low drone of Australian accents.
States will decide on gay marriage, not Obama
David Smith The President's backing of marriage equality is symbolically important, but it is important to remember where the real power lies in America's so-called 'culture wars'.
Young searching for life's meaning embrace the rituals of old
Tanveer Ahmed There can now be little doubt that Anzac Day has emerged as the authentic national holiday, in the original sense of the word.
Time for banks to take one for the team
Michael Evans The contrast could not be more stark; as the Reserve Bank prepares to cut interest rates next week to kickstart a rapidly cooling economy, the big banks will be getting ready to again announce record...
Prescribed burners can't see the forest for the trees
Robyn Ballinger The DSE program could have some unforeseen devastating results.
Join the real world and show faith in reasoned debate
Lawrence Krauss This weekend's Global Atheist Convention in Melbourne, one of the largest such gatherings in the world, has raised more than a few eyebrows.
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.
A nanny doesn't always know what's best for children
Elizabeth Hill Tony Abbot is painting himself as quite the ladies' man. His generous six-month (fully funded) paid maternity leave scheme at full-replacement wages is every woman's dream come true.
A sorry end for our tubby tellies
Annabel Crabb The streets are full of dead televisions. They lurk mutely on nature strips, empty-eyed. They gather in reproachful little clusters on vacant blocks.
Jewel that defines a continent
Paul Lockyer What is it about this place in the middle of nowhere that has become such a magnet for Australians?
Billionaire bashing: the new class war
Paul Sheehan So great was demand for a piece of the Mega Millions action last week that people waited in lines to buy lottery tickets.
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