Media

A hostage gives thanks

Sheila Liaugminas | 04 July 2008 | comment 11

Ingrid Betancourt plainly thought God had a hand in her liberation, but the signs went unremarked in most news coverage.

Not spilling the beans is a healthy choice

Mark Seery | 10 June 2008 | comment 5

It’s your trauma and you can keep it to yourself if you want to, no harm done, says a psychologist.

From ‘pot’ to ‘skunk’: new verdict on a noxious weed

Barbara Kay | 29 May 2008 | comment 11

Authorities and opinion makers who embraced cannabis in earlier decades are having to smoke their words.

Misandry is the message

Barbara Kay | 15 May 2008 | comment 118

A Canadian columnist lifts the lid on the last respectable form of cultural bias.

Generation BlackBerry

John Bambenek | 28 March 2008 | comment 9

Plugged in, online, tuned out -- and liable to have a painful encounter with reality.

The art of faking credentials

Randal Marlin | 26 March 2008 | comment 4

A famous World War I tale invented by the Allies to discredit their German enemies has lessons for today

The mighty fall and the media cash in

Carolyn Moynihan | 15 March 2008 | comment 12

Why are newspapers gasping in scandalised horror over the misdeeds of Eliot Spitzer? They wrote the script.

General knowledge

Eric Kathenya | 15 February 2008 | comment 11

No, not a military strongman, but the stuff of an intellectual coup for the students in a regional African quiz show.

Unsuitable for children

John Bambenek | 16 January 2008 | comment 11

If some video games are too violent to be suitable for kids, what exactly makes them suitable for adults?

What you say online can be used against you

John Bambenek | 29 November 2007 | comment 2

Isn't it bizarre that people abhor government snooping, but their private lives are an open book on the internet? 

Single-minded

Louise Brosnan and William West | 23 November 2007 | comment 2

Many sitcoms promote a singles lifestyle. There's a simple reason: singles buy more stuff.

My big brother, my cell phone

John Bambenek | 10 November 2007 | comment 17

Sick of spam in your in-box? How will you cope with spam on your cell phone?

The Eva phenomenon

Hartwig Bouillon | 23 October 2007 | comment 14

A German motherhood campaigner's Nazi moment dissolves in a mass email blitz on political correctness in the media ruling class.

Joost for wasting time

Bill James | 19 October 2007 | comment 3

With a computer and broadband in the bedroom, now kids can watch all the TV they want -- endlessly!

Arrivederci, family-friendly film ratings

Luisa Cotta Ramosino | 18 October 2007

Pressure mounts for Italy to adopt a 'scientific' approach to movie ratings and discard the cultural perspective of parent groups.

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