Is beer a health food?
If beer isn't good for you why are they selling it in chemist shops Germans are drinking less beer. Part of the reason is that...
What does Dr Death have in common Sydney’s cross-city tunnel?
'Economic reform' gets blamed for many things. I heard someone complaining about growth at all costs, they then segued into its costs on the environment....
Regulating wrongdoing
That old boy scout joke about the person looking for his shilling where the light was best, rather than where he'd lost it, is so...
Francis Wheen’s Mumbo-jumbo meter syncrhonised with Troppo’s
Francis Wheen Francis Wheen was fun to listen to on LNL, though his targets are pretty easy ones. Targets are more fun when shared. I...
Beer helps prevent cancer
I love my beer. I don't think this is inherently funny. And it doesn't mean I like getting drunk (just the early stages). Though I'm...
Brian Penton, writer, bohemian and editor
Brian Penton (1904-1951) would surely have achieved the status of the most memorable journalist and commentator in postwar Australia but he died in his prime...
Spinning the news
I wonder if I'm just being naive in imagining that there was once a time when newspaper editors, at least on the quality broadsheets, maintained...