What is a true statement or just hyperbole
Many leaders in Australia, whether from business, politics, science, social comment, sport or religion, use hyperbole. It is part and parcel of the professionals' routine in making statements and attempting to emphasise a serious point..
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Who qualifies as an ordinary person?
A 13th-Century skeleton unearthed on the grounds of a friary in the UK may be the earliest physical evidence that Africans lived in England in medieval times, a team of researchers have claimed from the University of Dundee in Scotland.
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Feeling 'alone' is part of the scene for the famous
The article on television celebrity the late Adriana Xenides who recently died aged 54, stated that she was voted one of TV\'s most loved icons but Adriana Xenides once admitted she \"had never felt so alone\" as during her time in the spotlight.
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Collusion and Delusion: More Misleading Media Mischief
The reason why the alternative media has sprung up all around the Western world is because the mainstream media is not doing its job. Instead of objectively and neutrally reporting on the news, it has become overwhelmingly biased and one-sided, representing and promoting the agenda of the secular left.
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Brumby spotting, what a good generic idea...
Well-Being Australia chairman Mark Tronson has been involved in Tourism Ministry for many years and pricked up his ears at the following story reported by Linda Simalis of News.com, which interested him greatly.
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A Super Tax on Australian soccer players overseas
The Super Tax on the mining industry has created a great deal of interest, in that there is already the normal tax at the company rate on regular mining profits, and now the Government wants to impose an additional tax, 40%, on the super profits that mining companies make over and above their regular profits.
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Some Clarity on the Oil Spill
Whenever a tragedy like the Gulf oil spill occurs, plenty of questions arise: Why did this happen? What was the cause of this? Who is to blame? What can we learn from this disaster? Also, however, all the usual suspects emerge. Heaps of lefty critics are happy to hop on the band wagon, pushing their anti-America, anti-capitalism, anti-big business, and anti-fossil fuels agendas.
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In Praise of Baby-Killing and Bestiality
We live in very dark times. Indeed, it can be rightly argued that we are descending into a new dark ages. The moral freefall that the West is in is as alarming as it is certain. Everywhere the moral train wreck that is Western culture is gathering pace and becoming more pronounced.
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Holidays with your twenties-something kids...
A travel report from News.com reported that it would once have been too embarrassing to contemplate, but it seems going on holiday with your parents has become "cool" for young adults.
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To the letter?
A recent travel news story in the Sydney Morning Herald from the Bundaberg News Mail is a startling reminder that following instructions to \'the letter\' may not be a realistic approach; and that an attitude of circumspection and reflection is often warranted.
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Next war may not be about oil, water or religion
The Weekend Australian magazine April 10-11 edition in the Heads Up column under Society has a fascinating article titled "Rise of Gendercide."
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Arranged marriage and arranged marriages
The Sydney Morning Herald recently aired a story about an elderly Korean tycoon who advertised for the \"perfect\" son-in-law after an online advertisement attracted 400 applicants.