Breaking up is harder to do for some…Breaking up is harder to do for some…
WHEN a heterosexual relationship breaks up, the man generally takes much longer to get over it than the woman. This may not be true in all cases but in a[...]
Lies and the liars who tell themLies and the liars who tell them
IT APPEARS to be a feature of society nowadays that the trait of honesty has disappeared in toto. One of the major manifestations of this is in the utterances made[...]
Spreading the message of xenophobiaSpreading the message of xenophobia
IN AUSTRALIA, shows like Customs and Border Security are prime time material. There is one reason for this – they cater to the innate sense of xenophobia among the Australian[...]
Nominating John Howard to the ICC is a big mistakeNominating John Howard to the ICC is a big mistake
WITH the nomination of former Australian prime minister John Howard to the ICC vice-presidency – he will become president in 2012 – the power-brokers in the countries that play the[...]
Like wine, Tendulkar seems to get better with ageLike wine, Tendulkar seems to get better with age
ON February 24, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar set a record that a few have looked like achieving but nobody has – a double-hundred in a one-day game. He set the record[...]
Outsiders and insidersOutsiders and insiders
THE recent spate of attacks on Indian students in Melbourne and other cities in Australia has resulted in the word “racism” figuring in the media quite often. At times, the[...]
Hamas official’s murder: things get murkierHamas official’s murder: things get murkier
ISRAEL has come under more pressure after additional revelations from Dubai about the murder of Hamas official Mahmoud Al Mabhouh – namely that the identities of another 15 people were[...]
Another targeted assassination – Mossad at work?Another targeted assassination – Mossad at work?
EVER since the former Mossad operative, Victor Ostrovsky, wrote what was then, in 1990, a sensational account of life as a Mossad agent, people have known for a fact that[...]
When it comes to cringe, Australia and New Zealand are much the sameWhen it comes to cringe, Australia and New Zealand are much the same
YOU don’t need to spend a great deal of time in New Zealand to see that it’s very different from Australia. Having lived in the latter country for nearly 13[...]
Golf and the fine art of wasting timeGolf and the fine art of wasting time
THERE’S an old saying that runs thus: old golfers never die, they only lose their balls. Speaking as one who had his first walk around a golf course, I must[...]