Paul Sheehan
Paul Sheehan is a columnist and editorial writer for The Sydney Morning Herald, where he has has been Day Editor and Washington correspondent. He is the author of two number-one best-sellers, 'Girls Like You' and 'Among The Barbarians' and been published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times and numerous anthologies.
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We'll reap what we deserve
Paul Sheehan We now know why the Prime Minister has instigated the longest election campaign in political history.
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Colourful corporate figure died as he lived, in search of excitement
Paul Sheehan David Coe was an Australian buccaneer. He died on Tuesday as he had lived, adventurously, and though he was only 58, he squeezed at least two full lifetimes into that span. He died with his boots on.
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Fiscal civil war needs Honest Al
Paul Sheehan If Lincoln does not win film's triple crown at the Oscars, I will be surprised.
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We cannot slow down and it is at our peril
Paul Sheehan The future is accelerating. It is racing towards us faster than ever in our collective lives. How can that be known, you must ask, given that the future hasn't happened yet.
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Meanwhile, life goes on but mind the speed bumps
Paul Sheehan A law firm sent the following advice to its clients in December, which, in keeping with so much advice from government bureaucracies, local councils and human resource departments, was unnecessary,...
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In assassination's aftermath, a real political master emerged
Paul Sheehan If this is the time when people sit back and relax and, hopefully, even read, spare a thought for the greatest biography ever written, a commanding work of research, insight and narrative power which...
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Rinehart's vision puts the north at the top
Paul Sheehan A long line of people waited patiently in the ballroom of the Four Seasons hotel in Sydney on Thursday night.
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Rort comes back to bite bottom lines
Paul Sheehan One of the most odious things I've seen from a government agency, real Orwellian double-speak, is in the latest annual report of Waverley Council.
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Game on as Romney picks Fox News champion for his sidekick
Paul Sheehan I admire a man who makes his own sausages, especially if he has hunted the meat himself and used a bow and arrow. No time to be squeamish.
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Brit trick is an insult to the system
Paul Sheehan In recent days John McTernan, the director of communications for the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has indulged a taste for insult. Here are some samples of his writings via the medium of Twitter:
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Four pillars bashed but holding firm
Paul Sheehan I have never met Gail Kelly and, as the most senior woman business executive in Australia, I can see her value as a role model.
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Woman in the wooden mask remains unable to break from type
Paul Sheehan The recurring mystery of Australian politics is why the first woman Prime Minister in our history, who has shown a quick wit in Parliament, warmth when dealing with the public face-to-face, and...
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Successful brothel bid would be a stiletto to inner-Sydney's heart
Paul Sheehan Jerry Hall, the former model and ex-wife of Mick Jagger, once infamously said that a woman should be a maid in the living room, a cook in the kitchen and a whore in the bedroom.
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Swan's song of praise to be lost amid all the clucking
Paul Sheehan The sound I'm hearing now is the sound of chickens coming home to roost. They are starting to drown out the sound coming from Wayne's World.
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One small word, one giant leap for NSW
Paul Sheehan I voted for Clover Moore. I marked Clover ''1'' on my ballot paper even though in many ways my local member stands for the micro-managing, grimly earnest, nanny-state, tax-guzzling policies that I...
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We don't need another pharaoh after Mubarak's 30-year reign
Paul Sheehan As we hope for the Egyptians who have mobilised peacefully against their political and economic suffocation, we must not overlook the Egyptian army officer Lieutenant Khalid Islambouli.
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Obama deserves his insecurity and the disaster that follows
Paul Sheehan It is called ''La Inseguridad'': The Insecurity. It is the term the Mexicans use to describe the virtual civil war in parts of their country, especially near the United States border, that has cost...
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Fast and furious, a league apart
Paul Sheehan On Thursday I received a text from a lawyer friend: ''Number of NRL players to be banned for match-fixing. Player agent also involved. Action is being delayed.
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Lives lost currying US favour
Paul Sheehan Thomas Dale, 21, killed by a bomb. Grant Kirby, 35, killed by a bomb. Jason Brown, 29, shot dead. Tim Aplin, 38, killed in a helicopter crash. Ben Chuck, 27, killed in a helicopter crash.
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Gillard's pork pies hard to resist
Paul Sheehan Our Prime Minister is a liar. A serial liar. Brazen. We shall detail some of the more preposterous lies presently but I don't think this will deter the electorate from returning Julia Gillard's...
