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- Granny chic is fashionable exploitation
As a child of migrant parents, I was taught to respect
my elders, to view each wrinkle as the mark of wisdom and a full head of silvery hair as the ultimate badge of honour. I wonder how those in their twilight years feel about young celebrities dying their hair grey in the name of fashion?
Issue 11 : Published 16-Jun-2010
- Close encounters with Greek unrest
Greek leaders condemned the outbreak of violence that has seen innocent people die on the streets of Athens. However many people fear that worse is to come. Most people are angry, particularly the young. Greece has never treated
its youth well.
Issue 9 : Published 10-May-2010
- Death, despair and global economic fallout
Australian Shareholders Association says the BrisConnections 'lifeline' offered by the Macquarie Group won't cover 'the bulk of desperate investors'. Sometimes bad things happen to good people at the mercy of the clever and the greedy.
Issue 8 : Published 27-Apr-2009
- Irish, prisoners of a sacred past
St Patrick holds the Irish in a powerful emotional thrall. Parades all over the world honour the man who brought Christianity to Ireland. This week in Northern Ireland, saintly ghosts of the past have been called upon to bless murder.
Issue 5 : Published 17-Mar-2009
- The skeleton dance
Mexico's Día de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, is not a gloomy celebration, it is a recognition of death as part of life. Skeletons lean precariously out of every doorway and window, smiling, bejewelled and ready for the party.
Issue 22 : Published 31-Oct-2008
- Zimbabwe youth survive jungle of doubt
Zimbabwean names often reflect the mood of a family to the arrival of the new member. At a rural mission school I taught Blessing, Charity and Unique Faith. Penniless Ngwenya was the best and brightest of my students.
Issue 18 : Published 03-Sep-2008
- Terrorist fear exposes Dutch intolerance
The popular perception of the Netherlands as a tolerant country is only a half-truth. Most Dutch rarely mix with the Islamic population, fearing Islam will encroach upon the traditional values of Dutch identity. The nation has failed to understand and accept its Muslim population.
Issue 10 : Published 20-May-2008
- The original Europeans
Anthony Ham discovers that Basque is not a region but a way of life
Issue 10 : Published 18-May-2007
- Boys need not be boys forever
Adolescent boys of Western Kenya's Bukusu tribe are ushered to the threshold of manhood by participating in rituals in which they must endure all without exhibiting pain. Western society lacks procedures in which boys can transform and emotionally re-emerge, ready to carry the burden of male responsibility.
Issue 14 : Published 16-Oct-2006
- Catastrophe on Australia's doorstep (essay)
Barely reported by Australia's media, Papua New Guinea's AIDS crisis is on track to cause the collapse of the country's economy, with AusAID forcasting a 37.5% decline in the labour force by 2020.
Issue 14 : Published 16-Oct-2006
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