Opinion
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Twi-ing Too Hard?
Alice DodgeI think I'm missing the vampire gene.You'd have to be living under a rock not to have seen the pandemonium surrounding 'Twilight'.But as 'New Moon' flies into cinemas around the world I beg the question, what's with everyone's sudden thirst for bloo...
November 18, 9:16 am -
Multiple Chemical Stupidity?
Australian SkepticsAlmost as an article of faith, pseudomedicine supporters and believers reject the idea of psychological illness. Everything must have an external cause, which can be treated by appropriate magic. Nothing can come purely from within a person. This ph...
November 10, 2:38 pm -
the Great Asylum Seeker Debate
Nick McCallumDuring this divisive, emotional, angry debate about asylum seekers, I keep on coming back to one very simple question - If I was a Sri Lankan or an Afghan father and I genuinely thought the Government or the Taliban was going to torment or kill my f...
October 28, 1:44 pm -
Is This It?
Alice DodgeMore than four months after his death, the King of Pop will take his final curtain call.Or will he?The highly anticipated "This Is It" documentary premieres around the world today (Wednesday) ahead of a strictly limited two week stint at the movies....
October 28, 11:24 am -
the Outer Limits of Woowoo
Australian SkepticsThis week I want to look at some examples of alternative medicine that are out there on the fringe of the fringe.The first is Horse Iridology. I have spent a lot of time around racehorses. They are delicate animals, so delicate in fact that the mere...
October 27, 12:02 pm -
the Real Truth About Vaccinations
Australian SkepticsI want you to imagine a medical product which can save and has saved many millions of lives, the majority of them children.Imagine that the procedure is safe (not 100%, absolutely safe, of course, because nothing is that) and has been used literally...
October 27, 11:58 am -
Can Atheism Be Called a Dangerous Idea?
Australian SkepticsChristopher Hitchens will be speaking at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas in Sydney next weekend - his topic is "Religion Poisons Everything", and, yes, I will be there to hear what he has to say.One question I have, though, is whether atheism can re...
October 27, 11:57 am -
the 9/11 Conspiracies
Australian SkepticsEvery September there is a surge in nonsense about the events in the USA on September 11, 2001.This year was no exception and the mad conspiracists of the 911 Truth Movement were out in force. Even outside September a new theory about the events in ...
October 27, 11:57 am -
Homeopathy: How Can It Be Sold?
Australian SkepticsIf someone pointed a gun at you and demanded that you give them money, you could go to the police and have the thief charged with a criminal offence.If someone claimed that they could prevent or treat a life-threatening disease and charged you $200 ...
October 27, 11:56 am -
An Introduction To Scepticism
Australian SkepticsA good place to start this blog conversation would be to identify what it means to be called a "skeptic". Perhaps the best way to start would be to say what a skeptic is not.The first thing that many people assume is that scepticism is synonymous wi...
October 27, 11:55 am -
the Weight Debate
Alice DodgeIn the fashion world, what goes around comes around.This week the world's biggest designers took a huge bite out of one of their favourite topics, weight.On Monday Chanel's Karl Lagerfeld told curvier women to stay off the catwalk because god forbid...
October 16, 6:01 pm -
It's Not Easy Being Green
Melody HorrillWe're bombarded with stories about the government carbon reduction push and new incentives to reduce greenhouse gasses.We're told to turn off lights, reduce our energy consumption, consider solar and in general, do what we can do to protect our envi...
October 13, 12:48 pm -
Something To Sing About?
Alice DodgeWhen the President of the United States calls you a jackass, you know you've stuffed up.Big time.You'd have to have been living under a rock not to have seen Kanye West's unscheduled performance at the MTV Video Music Awards this week. If not, here'...
September 16, 2:05 pm -
Baby Names Just Cuckoo
Alice DodgeNicole Richie and Joel Madden certainly have something to crow about.The celebrity couple welcomed son Sparrow James Midnight Madden into the world this week.But it's their very unusual choice in name that is rustling some feathers in Hollywood.Suri...
September 11, 1:32 pm -
High Mummy
Alice DodgeCan somebody please vote Kerry Katona off the island?You may be asking "Kerry who?" and frankly I don't blame you.The former member of British pop group "Atomic Kitten" went on to marry Brian McFadden (who's now happily engaged to our Delta) and the...
September 7, 11:28 am -
Cate the Great
Alice DodgeIs there anything Cate Blanchett can't do?The woman is arguably our most successful acting export (and has the Oscar to prove it), she's drop-dead gorgeous, at the helm of The Sydney Theatre Company alongside husband Andrew Upton, and is also a doti...
September 3, 12:22 pm -
the Bucks Stop Here
Dean FeltonIn the food section of Melbourne's new Costco store, there is a line of California Pistachio Nuts which is pitched to consumers under the tagline, "Big. Open."Pistachionados of my acquaintance tell me that these are apparently two key selling points...
August 28, 4:55 pm -
They Still Don't Get It
Dean FeltonEven after sitting through months of evidence where their failings were laid out in humiliating detail, the men whose job it was to protect the community still don't seem to understand how badly they let it down.They had the authority, the resources...
August 26, 6:31 pm -
Triumph and Tragedy
Melody HorrillAs a journalist you witness triumphs and the tragedies.You sometimes see and do amazing things that give you renewed faith in the world.But sometimes you find yourself witnessing something that creates another little crack in your heart.Yesterday, I...
August 14, 1:55 pm -
a Hand Up, Not a Hand Out
Tim CostelloI arrived home on Sunday from a week in Ethiopia. It was a pleasure to travel with Hugh Jackman and his wife Deborah Lee Furness, who are both World Vision Ambassadors.Though it's summer in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa was quite cold and thankfully, rainin...
July 28, 2:14 pm
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