Herald
Heckler
Train fix may only work in Wonderland
Heckler RECENTLY, I noticed a positions vacant advertisement, in the Herald, for managers for NSW trains.
Gerard Henderson
Papal pundits should repent of unforgivable ignorance
Gerard Henderson The advent of the 24/7 news cycle has led to an explosion of opinion in which politicians, former politicians, opinion leaders and other celebrities prevail.
Fed up with being treated like a sheep
LAST week's Herald letter by Dr John Frith caught my attention. He wrote: ''Being diagnosed for the breast-ovarian or bowel cancer gene mutations indeed allows you to make informed choices about...
Michael Shmith
Enigmatic to the last, crossword king Araucaria will be sorely missed
Michael Shmith The puzzle-setter's announcement of his terminal cancer was admirably cryptic.
Alecia Simmonds
Why oh why, Gen Y, are you so nauseatingly conservative?
Alecia Simmonds In the late '90s, when raving meant dancing and sun-dried tomatoes meant culinary sophistication, I joined a group at university called the Activist Left.
Elizabeth Farrelly
The species is doomed without a connection
Elizabeth Farrelly There are many things, dammit, that I do not understand. Why flowers and plumages become brighter near the equator.
Brigid Delaney
High stakes for social Samaritans
Brigid Delaney The social Samaritans who police our public spaces for infractions, disturbances and annoyances are playing a high-risk game when ''respect'' is something worth killing for.
Heckler
In training to keep my gob shut
I MADE a terrible mistake the other day. Arriving at Central station with two tired children (aged 10 and three), I found the right country train but hopped into the wrong carriage.
Heckler
Vilifying the virus of email
PLEASE everyone, spare me that pitying look on your smug faces when you ask for my email address and I say that I am not on the internet.
Trevor Grant
Sri Lankan protesters find the cricket world gets spooky
Trevor Grant Tamils in Australia who demonstrate against the Sri Lankan regime are being watched.
Wendy Squires
Sex sells but we're paying the price
Wendy Squires Amid the vacuous dross that spills from the silicone lips of celluloid stars, sometimes - and it is a rarity - a relevant comment will make it to print.
Anne Summers
Mastering the headline act once the papers' ink dries up
Anne Summers When I told people what I'd done, they were aghast. 'I could never give them up,' was the most common reaction. 'I like the touch and feel, the smell.'
Sydney in the era of luxury chicken
Richard Glover It's the time of the year when you might find yourself idly examining an ancient bookshelf, perhaps at your family home or at a relative's house up the coast.
Anne Summers
Newspapers no more, and online you realise it's about knowledge
Anne Summers When I told people what I'd done, they were aghast.
Simon Morris
Answer to battle of the sexes may lie between the lines
O n my bedside table: Jerusalem, the biography by Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Music of the Primes by Marcus du Sautoy, The History of Australia , part II, by Manning Clark.
The Loaded Dog
Does St John's need an overhaul?
Following our revelations about St John's College, does the college system need an overhaul or should young people be allowed to let their hair down in peace?
I said luv, I said pet, I said mate, how dare you talk to me like that
Stephanie Wood ''MATE, this is Straya, this is Straya … let's stick with 'mate'," protested one talkback caller to 2GB's Chris Smith.
News-gathering in a time of change
Full text of the Leveson speech.
Heckler
Manners in public are a lost cause
JUST recently the Herald published a photograph from its archives of Martin Place in 1911. It pictured stylish Sydneysiders in bonnets and boaters swanning about the steps of the GPO, and was a...
Gun glamour: America's appetite for anarchy
Brian Masters Every day 80 people are shot to death in the US. The Sandy Hook slaughter is not as unusual as it should be.
