An HG moment
HG and Roy's immortal saying "when too much sport is just barely enough" has never been truer than tonight. The Blues over Queensland in thugby...
Axis of Sleazle
Sydney's new Lord Mayor, the glamorous Lucy Turnbull, has just announced the 1,458th go at cleaning-up "The Cross," since 1962. Lucy's ideal of Kings Cross...
The Dying Swan
I hadn't realised until now just how many crims are keen ballet fans. Bravura performances of the Dying Swan are now more common among gangsters...
Make lurv not war?
Last night's ABC 7.30 Report contained a depressingly predictable story suggesting that the Catholic Church has learned little or nothing about how to handle child...
Zello II
General Mike Jeffery's appointment to Yarralumla has had a curious Papal tone to it, given his stated commitment to emulating the Papacy...I mean, Governor-Generalship of...
“And Australia Could….”
This morning a caller to Sally Loane's ABC Radio show raised the vexed question of the "unfair advantage" accruing to the NZ All Blacks from...
Does My Guilt Look Big In This?
This interesting feature from the Washington Post canvasses the emergent academic field of - yes - "White Studies." Before you're overwhelmed with images of white...