World Congress of Families – or World Congress of Nutjobs?
Now that the furore over the World Congress of Families conference of last weekend has died down, Mat Drogemuller asks whether all the outrage was justified.
Book Review: Tender is the Night – F Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ode to the excess of the Jazz Age, Tender is the Night, is a character-driven odyssey, sitting by Mat Drogemuller’s bedside table, that cannot be resisted.
Smoke Signal: Check this chess thing out maaaaaate
After it took two people dying to get chess into the news in Australia, Matt Drogemuller challenges Aussies to give this intellectual pursuit and much-loved game the attention it deserves.
Smoke & Mirrors: Excessive TV bad for your relationship? Ah, no.
Watching too much TV? According to a Harvard study you’re not only ruining your health, you’re also ruining your relationship. Mat Drogemuller begs to differ.
S&M: Medical marijuana – The herbal cure we must consider
The debate over medical marijuana has Mat Drogemuller grinding his teeth at how far behind Australia is, highlighted most recently in the case of Cassie Batten.
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Revisiting ‘When Harry Met Sally’: Should we have what they’re having?
Meet the Groypers: America’s post-Capitol far-right threat
“They aren’t achieving anything”: Anti-vaxxers pester Victorian politicians with spam
Absentee fathers, private education and the boys of today
The Christian Porter allegations: What happens now?