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RELIGION

Oregon on the euthanasia slippery slope
- Frank Brennan
- 28 June 2011
27 Comments
Physician Chuck Bentz received a request to be the 'second opinion' for the assisted-suicide of a melanoma patient. Bentz objected and said there were better ways to address the needs of this patient, whom he had known for over a decade. Next he knew, his patient was dead.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

My morning with Frank Brennan
- Brian Doyle
- 22 June 2011
12 Comments
Fell into riveting conversation recently. We talked about Australia's and Oregon's history with assisted suicide, the plight of Indigenous Australians, and his views on the personal and public profiles of Cardinal George Pell. Here's how it happened.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Art by and for the lost
- George Estreich
- 01 December 2010
2 Comments
The word graffiti encloses a vast spectrum from vandalism to art. At one end, a black slosh across a dry-cleaner's window: no message, only a mess. At the other, a Martian-green man on the side of a defunct warehouse, brooding on a thought as immense as himself.
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RELIGION

Hung parliament no place to be ham-fisted on euthanasia
- Frank Brennan
- 21 September 2010
27 Comments
Now that we have a hung parliament, Greens leader Senator Bob Brown wants to agitate the issue of euthanasia once again. But a hung parliament will not have the time and resources to consider these complex issues in its early days.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

A bishop's first education
- Brian Doyle
- 30 March 2010
13 Comments
Augustine. Wondrous lesson, that man, but he has been imprisoned by theology. Grant me chastity but not yet, everyone knows that hilarious remark.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Stark raven Barnaby Joyce
- Brian Matthews
- 24 February 2010
4 Comments
In Dickens' Barnaby Rudge, pet raven Grip is given to tantalising but incomprehensible pronouncements, fluttering annoyingly around the edges of conversational gatherings, and launching sudden, inexplicable attacks.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

How not to make a toast
- Brian Doyle
- 23 September 2009
My mother-in-law stood up on the night before her daughter married me, held her glass aloft, and sighed, 'Let's just hope this one comes off'. Some of the best toasts I ever heard were from children: 'Here's to all mum's husbands past and present!' said one girl, aged 11.
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AUSTRALIA

End of the road for Sydney cyclists
- Margaret Rice
- 21 July 2009
7 Comments
It's serious business cycling in Sydney. Cyclists tell of cycleways that suddenly finish, and recently, when one cyclist was hit by a car, instead of checking on his injuries, the driver got out and abused him. In Sydney, the car dominates.
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AUSTRALIA

Vote 1 Michael Palin
- Brian Doyle
- 18 September 2008
3 Comments
When I heard John McCain had chosen 'Palin' as his running mate, I thought, wow, Michael Palin! Palin understands women (he's worn his share of dresses), animal rights (especially dead parrots), and commerce (particularly the cheese industry).
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Revelations of a responsible literary citizen
- Brian Doyle
- 26 March 2008
You find all kinds of books in people's cars — from novels and comics to atlases and bibles. The books people carry reveal something of their life and experiences.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Recollections of a reluctant kids sports coach
- Brian Doyle
- 27 February 2008
4 Comments
At the end of his last season as coach of his sons' basketball team, Brian Doyle found himself savouring the job that he didn't want three years ago. While occasionally there is a flash of creativity and grace among his players, it's the egregious mistakes he will miss the most.
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ARTS AND CULTURE

Ash Street
- Brian Doyle
- 18 May 2007
Brian Doyle considers the people of his neighbourhood
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Keywords: Oregon