What is reality and why can’t we bear much of it? In the past, I’ve written about the phenomenon of ‘reality’ shows; I’ve even been on one (Everyone’s A Critic) and although it was more honest than ...

The firebombing of the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne rightly drew condemnation and shock from Australians of every level. Although the circumstances and the mindset of those who destroyed the ...

In the 17th century, Eton College boys faced a peculiar mandate: every morning, over breakfast, they were compelled to smoke a pipe of tobacco. This was a supposed safeguard, with tobacco smoke ...

We need no reminding of the depth of the division that exists in our Australian community. It's there every time we go online, turn on the TV, open the newspaper. Our politics is focused on ...

Jordan Peterson, We Who Wrestle with God: Perceptions of the Divine, Penguin/Random House, 544 pages $39 99. Jordan Peterson is a funny customer, and we’re inclined to think we know more about him ...

Two of the dearest neighbours my family has ever had were elderly widowers. Byron shared a fence with us, Mario lived opposite. Both were eager gardeners, both loved our kids, both showered us with ...

Let’s say you found yourself broke and had nothing to tide you over for the next few week. If you were in desperate need of 200 dollars, today, do you have a friend you could call who would give it to ...

Generation Z and Alpha, growing up in a digital world, face unique challenges. Since 2015, smartphones and social media have dramatically changed childhood, replacing face-to-face interactions and ...

Russell Brand’s conversion to Christianity is baffling to many; explained away as a ‘cynical PR stunt’, an attempt by a man accused of sexual misconduct to baptise away his sins in the River Thames.

If we’re concerned about respecting the dignity of each person, then we must also be concerned about justice. Our justice systems must treat each person, each life, with equal dignity. If justice is ...

This is a love story, and a literary love story at that. But, on the side of Jesuit priest Father Barry Martinson, at least, it is not a story of romance. Rather, he speaks of sacrificial love ‘which ...