The heavily disputed (and nonsensical) history of Christmas
Christmas has many traditions, but the walk to the 2020 version has taken many a strange path over the history of the holiday.
Did Nazi this coming? I did, on the bathroom walls of the nation
While the rise of the Australian Nazi has shocked many, we’ve quietly enabled their rise, by giving them a voice in the media and familiarising their terminology.
Suicide has claimed twice as many soldiers as the entire Afghanistan war
According to a Defence report, since 2001 twice as many ADF veterans like myself have been lost to suicide than to armed conflict. Their new strategy seems too little, too late.
Melbourne Cup day slacktivism: Flogging a dead horse
Melbourne Cup day is again upon us, and in between the drunks, we have those who look to stop it. However, I ask, where are they the rest of the year?
Putting the ‘fun’ in your own funeral
I’m at the age where my social calendar is made up of funerals. However, the more I see, the less I want the standard dour church fare for my own.
