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Success can be its own problem. 2nd twin article.

Success can be its own problem. 2nd twin article.

A twin article is where two stories, much the same, but with a different emphasis are written, one day part. Yesterday was on the dangers of complacency and today using much the same material is on the slippery nature of success. .

  • Beware of complacency! A twin article!

    A twin article is where two stories, much the same, but with a different emphasis are written, one day part. Today\'s in on the dangers of complacency. Tomorrow\'s using much the same material is on the slippery nature of success.

  • The chicken or the egg

    News.com recently published a story from AFP on what came first: the chicken or the egg? The story reported that scientists in Britain think it was probably the chicken, after using new computer technology to crack the age-old riddle.

  • Pop Music and Porn Culture

    The number one song in the year I was born was by Patti Page. It was, "How Much is That Doggie in the Window?" Ten years later the Beatles were singing, "I Want To Hold Your Hand". All pretty bland stuff. But we are no longer living in the 50s, or the 60s.

  • What is reasonable to life?

    Sarah Mackenzie, in a recent Sydney Morning Herald article, questions the recent spate of overt television advertisements showing off the sexual physical attributes of young women.

  • After death - he who got the sex pays the bills...

    A twist in the normal sex scandal news story has come to light by Sydney Morning Herald\'s court reporter Kim Arlington Courts who wrote about former escort Maddison Ashton in relation to the ongoing story of the late Richard Pratt\'s estate. Kim Arlington Courts wrote that Ashton, a pretty brunette, claims she gave it all up after the billionaire offered her millions of dollars to become his mistress in November 2003.

  • A new film on dictator's last days

    India\'s Bollywood film industry, famous for its lip-synched singing, exuberant dancing and wet sari scenes, is set to stray into unfamiliar dark territory with a film on Adolf Hitler as revealed in a fascinating story in news.com.

  • Melbourne's four seasons in one day

    Living in twin cities Tweed Heads - Coolangatta my wife Delma and I visited Melbourne last week as a guest of Mr Basil Sellers AM for the Basil Sellers Art Prize and then spent a further two days in the city undertaking video interviews for the Australian Missionary News IPTV.

  • $100,000 Sport-Art Prize reflects on sport and politics

    I was privileged to attend the opening night of the second biennial Basil Sellers $100,000 Art Prize on 5 August, which was won by Tarryn Gill and Pilar Mata Dupont with their single-channel HD video entitled "Gymnasium"

  • Judicial Activists Are Killing Democracy

    In the old days the enemies of the free and democratic West could resort to violent revolution to overthrow capitalism, democracy and other goods deemed to be in need of destruction. Social change by the barrel of the gun was a preferred way of radical social upheaval and revolution.

  • It's surprising what turns up

    An antique bayonet, one of a number of weapons surrendered for destruction to a suburban Melbourne police station, was found to be inscribed with the name 'de Gaulle' and dated 1878. Police Sergeant Doug Bowles said these weapons were obviously too valuable and shouldn\'t be destroyed, but handed to a museum for verification of their origin and provenance.

  • The Surrender Deck

    Recently having set foot upon the Surrender Deck on the Battleship Missouri in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, it was a reflective experience as there are very few locations where one might stand which has as much significance to the events of our recent history and our continued development of a free, democratic society.