The Age
Karen Gravano
The age of Mob innocence
Karen Gravano My first inkling that my family was different came when I was six years old and found a gun hidden under my dad's bed.
Heckler
Welcome to the age of 'you sick, we click'
Heckler IF YOU were in hospital in the good old days - and by that I mean a time when the world was a simpler place - and you saw a doctor or nurse heading your way, they would be most likely armed with one...
Gerard Henderson
Talk of dual-citizen disloyalty in Zygier affair simply irresponsible
Gerard Henderson The concept of dual loyalties in Australia has an unpleasant connotation since it invariably implies disloyalty. A century ago, some sectarians labelled Catholics as possessing a dual loyalty.
Rubenstein/Ben Moshe
Modern migrant's loyalty is an asset to the world
Kim Rubenstein and Danny Ben Moshe It is staggering that with one albeit very serious case overseas, that of the Ben Zygier suicide, Ben Saul (The Age, 20/2/13) wants to turn back the clock of globalisation and multiculturalism.
Bruce Guthrie
Castlemaine verdict changes the odds, but there's a blight in sight
Bruce Guthrie After 20 years, we still can't seem to agree on the best way to manage those pokies.
Kenneth Davidson
How to save billions: dump the desal deal
Kenneth Davidson It's official. Melbourne Water users will pay $19.4 billion in contract payments to AquaSure.
Amanda Dunn
Downton rides on winds of change
Amanda Dunn ''You Americans never understand the importance of tradition,'' the perennially disapproving Dowager Countess (Maggie Smith) tells Martha Levinson (Shirley MacLaine), who has arrived at Downton Abbey...
Brian Palmer
Pro-gun lobby peppers argument with false stats
Brian Palmer Murder weapons in the US come in many forms, including baseball bats, but shootings are by far the No.1 killer.
Bruce Guthrie
I had the famous prey in my sights and held my fire
Bruce Guthrie The paparazzi and editors give the people a magazine they want and deserve.
Michael Shmith
The silent brigade needs to be heard
Michael Shmith Lend me your ears or borrow mine. It is Friday morning at The Age, and this is what I am hearing.
Warwick McFayden
Hard-boiled critics seek to escape yoke of scrambled English language
Warwick McFayden ''When I use a word,'' Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, ''it means just what I choose it to mean ... .''
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.
Chris Fotinopoulos
Oh Possums! It's Edna's grand finale and Les' last stand
Chris Fotinopoulos As Barry Humphries calls it a day, Australia has lost a real trouble-maker.
Barney Zwartz
Finally, a bishop brave enough to break ranks and act against child abuse
Barney Zwartz Jose Gomez has set a stunning example of what the church should be doing.
Shane Green
It's our station and we should have a real say in its future
Shane Green The grand plan by the Baillieu government to redevelop Flinders Street Station is heading into its final stages.
Suzy Freeman-Greene
Quiet care that the news misses
Suzy Freeman-Greene Commercial TV and many online news sites are often a scary litany of crime and outrage.
Michael Shmith
Interview with the Pope (circa 1400s)
Michael Shmith The Vatican is agog, as is the rest of the world. A pope resigns and we can't wait for white-smoke day.
Why the world is more dangerous with fewer girls
V. Rukmini Rao and Lynette Dumble Today's skewed sex ratios amount to femicide, write V. Rukmini Rao and Lynette Dumble.
Heckler
Youngsters are clueless about life for oldsters
Heckler AT 64 I have read that a group of 40-year-olds working for a think tank recommend raising the knackery level to 70. Oh, the aches and pains now.
Joumanah El Matrah
Shutting out the 'sinners' feeds bigotry
Joumanah El Matrah Allowing religious organisations to discriminate undermines the true meaning of faith.
