Drive
Danny Katz
Finding a new car with character is enough to drive you up the wall
Danny Katz Maybe we pushed her too hard and that's why she died. But the old girl should've been able to make it: I mean, she had a speedometer that went all the way up to 220 - she should've been able to...
Miranda Devine
Snarl, you're on nanny camera: a cynical lurk to drive us crazy
Miranda Devine Don't Melbourne police have worse people to arrest than the formula one driver Lewis Hamilton? His "crime" was to smoke his tyres while doing a bit of a fishtail as he left the grand prix...
Heckler
Don't Gogh: it will drive you insane
Heckler I HAVE always been a firm believer in Jean-Paul Sartre's saying that ''hell is other people'', which is why I don't like going to places where there are lots of people.
Ian Rose
Differences are just a slip of the mother tongue
Ian Rose There's no worries about celebrating Australian English.
Mundine a victim of his own making
Jonathan Horn When he quit rugby league to become a professional boxer, Anthony Mundine donned his leather jacket, sucked on a Chupa Chup and fielded questions.
Simon Jenkins
Truth on the silver screen? The picture can be a little fuzzy
Simon Jenkins Films like Zero Dark Thirty seem happy to falsify facts in the name of art.
Heckler
Computer death has got my back up
I HAVE vented my spleen about plenty of topics over the years, but what's got me fired up this week has no equal. I've never been so annoyed at someone as I am at myself.
Justifying means to end bin Laden puts Bigelow on torturous path
Waleed Aly Whatever Kathryn Bigelow's intention with Zero Dark Thirty, her new blockbuster about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, one fact is inescapable: this is a pro-torture film.
Raiders of our unprotected parks
Germaine Greer There seems to be a pretty low level of commitment to the real purpose of national parks, which is conservation.
Peter FitzSimons
Had a whale of a time, but I'm baaack
Peter FitzSimons I've done a lot of lying on Newport beach, but I'm back! And I've missed you.
Heckler
Skills run off road by bells and whistles
Hamish McDonald RECENTLY, on YouTube, I saw a dog driving a car. Well, ''driving'' is a bit of a stretch because Fido's paws were roped to the steering wheel and he ''steered'' it around a gentle curve for about 20...
Daniel Flitton
Why it's best the West treads warily in Mali intervention
Daniel Flitton History tells us that the sending of troops into troubled African nations often ends badly.
Anson Cameron
A city vacated lets its dullards do the work
Anson Cameron They won't let you spread your towel out front of the surf club in Lorne unless you're worth 400K a year.
John Birmingham
Just shooting out for some groceries
John Birmingham It was surely a misunderstanding, that bloke being shot in the leg by the driver of a shiny black Beemer in Melbourne this week.
Jane Caro
Summer love is like no other
Jane Caro I am writing this in the very messy and slightly overcrowded lounge room of a rented house opposite the beach. Yes, I am honouring the grand tradition of the great Aussie beach holiday.
Peter Martin
Hacker's suicide a warning to those seeking to punish copyright breaches
Peter Martin Harsh penalties for violating websites' terms of service are hugely out of all proportion.
Heckler
Manners set adrift as buoy racers arrive
Heckler IT'S the silly season for houseboats once again. It runs from mid December until the end of February.
Suzanne Moore
The truth about cats and dogs? They rule our world
Suzanne Moore My pet peeve was the pet-obsessed, until I joined their ranks.
Priya Wakhlu
In India, apathy towards women begins in the womb
Priya Wakhlu AS AN Australian of Indian origin, I have been lucky enough to enjoy frequent trips to Delhi. Summer vacations are coloured by fireworks at Diwali, dancing at never-ending Indian weddings, watching...
Heckler
How holiday hoons make life a misery
''F--- the wildlife'' was the young man's response when I pointed out no motorbikes were allowed because it was a wildlife conservation area.
