The nation uttered a corporate gasp this week after it was revealed Australia's leading Muslim cleric, Taj Din al-Hilali, had suggested women could be blamed for rape. The sheik’s Ramadan sermon was translated from Arabic and published by The Australian...
I’m not much of a political animal, but a news report came out this week that caught my attention. And while it revolved around US politics, I couldn’t help but hear the ring of alarm bells for Australia in it....
Later tonight we’ll be talking to sociologist Lisa Graham McMinn about contentment. It’s got me thinking about a time when Merryn and I were thoroughly discontent. It was about three years ago, during a particularly hectic year, and we found...
Well, if overseas news reports are to be believed, Jesus Christ has returned to earth—in the form of one Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda. This self-proclaimed messiah is a 60 year-old former heroin addict and convict, a divorced father of...
There’s a song going round. Maybe you’ve heard it. It’s a duet that starts simply enough. A woman is talking to her friends about her lover—how she longs to smell him, touch him, kiss him. All the girls are after...
