US has a bigger problem than Trump’s ‘Big Lie’
The former President insists the 2020 election was stolen but there is another electoral scandal plaguing America – and it shames the nation.
Columnists
What is there to celebrate at Christmas?
The only gift a child gets in Gaza is horror. What they need is food, water, medical supplies, and a glimmer of hope. Same sorry story for kids in other war-torn cities around the world.
US dominance is being challenged – how will it affect us?
In this time of global turbulence, our Australian freedoms and prosperity are on the line. Can we maintain our lifestyle without a fight? Perhaps not.
Hit snooze this holiday season – it’s good for you
This is the only time of year when we’re allowed to surrender to this delicious little indulgence without judgement. And a study has shown there should be no judgement – a daytime kip is good for us.
A different take on My Brilliant Career – is Sybylla pan, bi or lesbian?
Sometimes, the generational difference is jarring and revelatory. ‘She didn’t marry Harry’, I wailed after seeing Judy Davis in My Brilliant Career as a young teen. My daughter and her friend had a different reaction.
Consider this before retiring interstate
If you spent a lifetime working and paying taxes in Victoria only to chase the sunshine and retire to Queensland, what services can you rightfully expect?
These mind-boggling facts and figures will amaze you
In a world rancid with religion, brutalised by bigotry and polluted with politics, let us take refuge in facts and figures.
The Sonata has had a facelift – and been reborn a beauty
I was not expecting much when I set off to attend the launch of the (not quite) new Hyundai Sonata, a car that I have always found about as attractive as an effluent facial. But then I saw it.
Does anyone remember the old Aussie ritual of Slide Night?
Back in the land before time, before the internet, back when the baby boomers were young, a strange ritual took place from time to time in lounge rooms.
If you’re tired of the Sydney Opera House, you’re tired of life
The Sydney Opera House draws you back to the wonder of childhood, upon seeing it again; a wonder that never ages, which you have felt over a lifetime of seeing it? It gets me every time.
David Bereson is a writer like no other. He deserves recognition
David Bereson, fighting his personal Goliath of disability, writes with such raw passion and urgency that it overwhelms the conventional constraints of grammar and spelling. Punctuation? Wildly erratic. He doesn’t so much write as erupt.
Believe it or not, this race-tuned 911 is legal
Race cars are angry beasts that squeeze your insides with their G-forces, rattle your skeleton, evacuate your lungs and make your eyes bulge. Which is why you’re generally not allowed to drive them on public roads.
Trust Lambo to give us the world’s wildest off-roader
The Sterrato is not as fast as the normal version. It won’t corner as quickly either, or stop as well. But what it will do, we’re told, is a huge power slide on a gravel track.
School libraries are vital for kids’ learning. Can they be saved?
When you think of your school library, what memories do you have? Sanctuary, study hub, nest of flirtation, wonder room, nook. But this vital resource is endangered, right across the nation.
I won lottery of life with my public housing upbringing
There was a time when I regarded my childhood experience growing up in public housing in country Victoria as being deprived. How wrong I was.
Seeking one special reader with a love of animals
Today’s column is written on behalf of another special person – a remarkable young woman who happens to be my third daughter, Saskia.
Want to flatten some nature? This is the car for you
I can report, however, that this Warrior – a muscled up, Mad Maximumed version of Nissan’s Patrol – is so clever, and tough, that it could turn even a city slick soft hander like me into an off-roading titan.
Young women: beware the controlling man
Media reports said Paul Thijssen wouldn’t take no for an answer from Lilie James, a colleague who had recently broken off their relationship. We all know the type.
Our gardens have changed – and we’ve lost something
There are many ways modern prosperity hascreated a better quality of life. But there are some things – like a kid-friendly, far-from-perfect garden – that we seem to be leaving behind.
Why Victoria is the worst place to launch a new car
Inviting the media to drive a new car on Victoria’s roads is like launching a churrasco chain in a vegan’s fridge, or hosting a Mensa meeting in federal parliament.
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