What will be the classics of today?
Just the other day I was again browsing at Lifeline Bookfest, the twice-yearly largest charity book sale in the world, which takes place – of all places – in Brisbane, …
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Baby It’s Woke Inside
In this week’s chronicles of outrage and offence: “Radio stations around the U.S. and Canada have dropped the 1944 Christmas tune from their lineups over lyrics including, ‘I ought to …
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Who’s the Boss?
Always enjoyed the music, always disagreed with politics – and now also have to disagree with his political prognosticating: Bruce Springsteen believes that President Donald Trump will win a second term in …
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All onboard the Lolita Express
We are all equal in the eyes of law, but all too often rich scumbags have the resources and connections to make themselves less equal than others. “Miami Herald” has …
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Buffy the Body Shamer
Honestly, what did the media used to do before the advent of social media? Where did they find the never-ending supply of material to use as a filler and click-bait? …
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Capitalism is a sin
Two weeks ago, two of the world’s biggest leftist celebrities, Michael Moore and Pope Francis, met briefly at the Vatican, at the latter’s weekly general audience. At the time, I …
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Don’t you dare criticise niqab
We’re going very fast from “it’s illiberal to ban niqab/burqa” (which is a serious argument) to “criticising niqab/burqa is racist, bigoted and Islamophobic”: Israeli model Bar Refaeli has sparked widespread …
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Nothing Compares to Insh’allah
An artist formerly known as Sinead O’Connor becomes a Peace* Symbol: Irish singer Sinead O’Connor has revealed she has renounced Catholicism and converted to Islam, taking the new name “Shuhada’ …
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The Curse of Tay-Tay
Almost a week ago, the country-turned-pop diva Taylor Swift has finally broken her famous (or infamous, depending on your point of view) silence on all things political and posted on …
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Hot hearts smart?
The difficulties of illustrating new research become apparent in this News.com.au story “Physically attractive women ‘more likely’ to go the distance with intelligent men”: Nerdy guys are in luck, not …
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Michael Moore bombs
Anti-Trump books continue to haunt the top of the bestseller lists (most recently Bob Woodward’s “Fear”) but the movies not so much: Unless traffic picks up, Fahrenheit 11/9 is headed for …
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Is the internet making you miserable?
Kanye West seems to think so, at least in regards to the social media: “There are people who are committing suicide due to not getting enough likes,” Ye tweeted Saturday …
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Derangement continues
It’s hard not to despair at the state of politics at the moment. Perhaps it has always been this cringeworthy and terrible, but now we have the 24-hour news cycle, …
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Elba. Idris Elba.
Maybe, maybe not: British actor Idris Elba is stoking speculation he may take over the role of James Bond when Daniel Craig steps aside, offering an enigmatic Twitter post that fueled the buzz about him becoming …
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Worried about gang crime? Depends where you live
Sick and tired of constant “nailing it”, two weeks ago the Golden Logie winner Waleed Aly instead “slammed” Malcolm Turnbull and took “a savage swipe at politicians” over the issue …
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When ICE came for Anne Frank
The denigration of the memory of the Holocaust continues, courtesy of people who either don’t know history and are therefore stupid or purposefully misinterpret it and are therefore malicious: A …
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Hollywood: where men want you and women hate you
An interesting interview with the ageless Jennifer Aniston in the latest “In Style” magazine, which touches on the interpersonal culture of the movie industry and the battle of the sexes …
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