If you ask one million men that question, more likely than not you will get one million different answers. Nothing wrong with that. When I was a young bod, which does seem like a million years ago, I had no clear idea at all about what it meant to be a man. I grew up…
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On March 5, Hillsong began its twenty-fourth Colour Conference at the First State Theatre at ICC, Sydney, with a “capacity crowd” – which is around 9,000 according to the theatre website. Other reports put the crowd at somewhat less than this. After scheduled gatherings on Thurs-Sat at the theatre, and then Thurs-Sat the following week…
Champagne corks will be popping in the Trump Empire, for good reason. Whatever happens come November, the exit of Senator Bernie Sanders from the US presidential race will be a relief. The fractured republic can be reassured that the Democrats have not moved on, stuck, as it were, in the glades of vengeful melancholia and…
Today is Good Friday April 10, 2020. The latest modelling shows that although Australia’s COVID-19 curve is flattening, talk of its suppression seem as a glimmer of optimism from the hopeful days of this year’s Ides of March and St Patrick’s Day. Schools and universities are both closed and not closed. Happy social gatherings are…
The ritual killing of a water buffalo, by Ifugao villagers of northern Luzon, Philippines, the bloody, brutal slaughter of an innocent, sentient creature, a shocking intrusion of cinéma vérité (filmed by his Francis’ Ford’s wife Eleanor) spliced into the last, dark scenes of Coppola’s self-indulgent masterpiece Apocalypse Now presages the savaging of our body politic…
“I don’t trust glib reassurances from satellite operators without precise details.” (Alice Gorman, space archaeologist, May 26, 2019). Astronomers tend to have their eyes, and minds, not merely in the clouds but beyond them. The dream of unimpaired vision tends to come with the territory; the better the uninterrupted line, the better the data. But…
From the Southern Cross University “At the same time as fighting the virus on a medical level, we are also involved in the tension around how people behave, a conflict between the rights of the individual vs the greater good in a democratic society.” Dr Bradley Shipway is a self-described “Southern Cross product”. He did…
By Graham Nowland Being confined under the tyranny of COVID-19 makes you stir crazy and people are warning mental health is going to be an issue. Stir craziness has different forms and some are highly questionable. The media and police are picking up victims of dubious stir craziness and subjecting them to pillory and punishment.…
Some idiot tweeted “He is Risen” after George had his appeal upheld by the High Court. Given the allegations against him I thought that one of the most inappropriate tweets ever. Of course, some people will be offended by the idea that they think I’m making a joke, but I can’t help other people’s reactions.…
Our articles on The AIMN attract not only wonderful responses from those who comment here, but also through emails or messages on our Facebook page. Some of these are published on our site. The George Pell High Court decision prompted many responses. This moving story – with the permission of our reader – we offer…