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.
Parents the X-factor in education rankings
Paul Sheehan To not care about lifting up the poor schools is to not care about the Australian ethos of egalitarianism.
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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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Peris must rise above kneecapping
Paul Sheehan For several years the second-most famous Aboriginal woman in Australia, after Cathy Freeman, was Nova Peris-Kneebone and her fame was greatly helped by her delightful name.
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Learn from Asian culture of success
Paul Sheehan Anglo-Celtic men may still dominate the leadership of Australia, but they are relegated to the second rank at this time of year. The relegation is even more pronounced this time.
Would-be leaders preen but the women have the numbers
Paul Sheehan Even though Malcolm Turnbull is being ostentatiously loyal to his leader, he cannot abstain from remarking on the fact that he is very popular without actually saying he is more popular than his...
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Point schoolies to moral compass
Paul Sheehan Schoolies is the week when a lot of parents put a lot of trust into a lot of teenagers. Everyone knows there is going to be release from the pressures of exams, plus plenty of peer pressure, plus...
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Mutual love of leadership cost Petraeus ultimate prize
Paul Sheehan After Paula Broadwell co-wrote a biography of the most feted American general of the past 50 years, David Petraeus, a telling sentence appeared in her author's profile: ''She spent much of the past...
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The truth on refugees is worse than fiction
Paul Sheehan The viral email about Australia's generosity to refugees may be wrong in its details, but the truth is a story of government gullibility without end.
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The X factor that adds up to schooling success
Paul Sheehan Randwick Boys High and Randwick Girls High are separated by a wide divide in academic performance.
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Action hero challenge for schools
Paul Sheehan One rationalisation offered for the anti-Labor landslide in Queensland was that many men in the deep north did not like having a woman as premier.
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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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A diminished Gillard caught in a storm of her own making
Paul Sheehan The most surprising aspect of Julia Gillard's first day of facing parliamentary questioning as the newly elected Prime Minister was her demeanour.
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The Yarra monster is killing us
Paul Sheehan A great sucking force can be felt around Australia, siphoning resources southwards, down the hungry throat of Melbourne. Australia makes, Melbourne takes.
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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...
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In one month, a good woman has become Labor's latest robot
Paul Sheehan On Friday afternoon, June 11, Julia Gillard went to Sydney Airport to catch a flight home to Melbourne. She was travelling alone. No minders, no security.
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Feminism's failure to lend a hand
Paul Sheehan I received an item forwarded by a friend last week entitled, ''Why men shouldn't write advice columns''. A woman, ''Sheila'', had written to an advice columnist, ''John'':
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Obama's healthcare a time bomb
Paul Sheehan As I wrote this column, and as you read it, the United States had reached the climax of the most contentious and sweeping attempt at social engineering in more than 40 years, a process that has...
