Get ready to dish it out when Poms plate up
ANNABEL CRABB Activate your almonds! The Poms are coming!
World's burning, but mind how you feel
BIANCA HALL Opinion It's liberating, throwing caution to the wind. From now on, I'm going to live my life based on how I ''instinctively feel''. And I'm in good company.
Farewell to a man among men
CHARLES WATERSTREET Brian Maloney, the late respected and much loved magistrate, lawyer, husband and father, went out from this world in the same way he went about it - in a blazer of glory.
Men must not be terrorists of the playground
Sam de Brito This is for all you men who like to cuddle little boys and girls ... and for all of you who read that sentence and thought ''that's a bit creepy''.
Buck stops with us on credit card debt
Brigid Delaney I'm sitting in a bar with my friend Paul. We're talking jobs, travel, life - where we're at, and where we want to go.
Robots to send shockwaves through workforce
Matt Wade The diversity of knowledge jobs has made them hard to replace - but for how much longer?
Bullying culture could run deep at WorkCover
KIRSTY NEEDHAM Opinion If a bullied employee didn't report the bullying, does it mean there isn't a problem?
Bill de Blasio's hoopla puts pundits in a frenzy
PAUL MCGEOUGH New York mayor-elect Bill de Blasio this week swooped into the leadership in the Big Apple, riding on three heads of hair - none of which was his own.
Kyle and Jackie O can't expect loyal listeners
PETER FITZSIMONS Oh, Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O, what have you done? I predict disaster at Mix 106.5.
NOVEMBER 10
Letters to the Editor
It is impossible for women to do it all and do it properly. At one point I found myself juggling part-time work, a degree and a love affair while raising two children on my own.
Trust lost when little is done with entitlements
Too weak, too late, too politically convenient - and that is the best you can say about the Abbott government's attempt to stop systemic abuse of MPs' entitlements. Voters elect MPs and pay them.
Whales and the gnashing of Labor teeth
PETER HARTCHER Opinion If you knew nothing of Australian politics and happened to pick up the new book by Kevin Rudd's campaign director, you'd be forgiven for assuming that the election was fought between Rudd and Rupert Murdoch.
Spy scandal: everyone's snooping to conquer
John Birmingham I am shocked, shocked I tell you, to discover that our nefarious spy agencies have been spying on some guys.
A politician's life: play now, pay later
Wendy Harmer Prime Minister Tony Abbott says we punters are welcome to make suggestions on how to change the system of parliamentary entitlements.
Bucket list No.45: smell own eyeball burning
RICHARD GLOVER I am not nervous about the operation. Not at all. Sure it's a laser beam, shot straight in my eye, and if the laser doesn't work they'll cut into my eyeball with a scalpel. It doesn't worry me, though. I'm really fine with it.
Racism laws show society's strength
TIM SOUTPHOMMASANE We should be emphatically proud of our achievements as a multicultural society.
Freedom fighters riding in, but what is at stake?
JACQUELINE MALEY Opinion Freedom Commissioner: what a marvellous job title. A touch Orwellian perhaps, but you could soon get over that.
O'Farrell happy to keep public in the dark
SEAN NICHOLLS Within weeks the NSW government is expected to announce cabinet approval for legislation likely to pave the way for a second casino in Sydney.
Distraction: blame the mind, not the machines
Damon Young Pick the odd one out: Darth Vader, cybermen, daleks, the Borg, the Matrix, and Hannibal Lecter. With the exception of Dr ''fava beans and chianti'' Lecter, these villains are all machines or mechanical.
Grubby politics behind Coalition's climate plan
Jamie Hanson The proposed Emissions Reduction Fund will lead to rorts, waste and more pollution.
Still Knox
Behold! The avengers of the ashened urn
MALCOLM KNOX It's a good thing that England's psychological superhero file is normally top secret.
Letters to the Editor
The cuts to CSIRO and several committees and expert panels are to be expected from a prime minister who described himself as the political love child of Bronwyn Bishop and John Howard.
The conversation we need to have
The government-funded Swedish Film Institute is backing a new system that rates movies on their gender bias.
Column 8
The strange parking restrictions in Stanmore are in place ''due to the proximity of a McDonald's 24-hour drive-through on the corner of Parramatta and Bridge roads.
Mandatory sentencing for gang members
RICHARD ACKLAND Yawn, stretch. Here we go again. Barry O'Farrell is getting tough on gangs. Mandatory sentences for gang members caught with a shooter.
Comments of the week
Rob Ashton 'It seems really simple to me. Lift the ban on bikies wearing their colours. That way everybody will know who is who. Win, win.' Our readers' best comments this week.
Staying true to core helps shatter barriers
Gillian Triggs Rupert Murdoch came a long way to give us a short message at the Lowy Institute's 10th anniversary dinner last week. He prompts us to secure our place in a competitive world.
Adoption makes more sense
Joanna Howe There has been a resounding failure in Australia to consider whether our adoption laws are letting down children in out-of-home care.
Rule changes could end Britain's game
David Hill After many years, the dispute between Greece and Britain over the possession of the ancient Parthenon sculptures may be moving towards resolution.
Comment
Liberals pick a fight over history wars again
Tony Taylor Opinion Political meddling with the history curriculum is vandalism that undermines democracy.
When and where to go tall is no small matter
Kim Dovey and David Yencken Big buildings can enhance urban character or destroy it. Kim Dovey and David Yencken look at the foundations of the height debate.
HECKLER
Fires bring a kick in the misery guts
Sarah Potter "You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye."
Column 8
''Apropos Peter Wilson's pronunciation observations, another vowel movement prevalent among Australia's young women is in the region of the 'O' sound,'' observes Dougal McIntosh, of Bowral (Column 8, Wednesday).
Factional infighting must not constrict Eels
Hope springs eternal during the off-season in Parramatta. Having taken the National Rugby League wooden spoon for the past two seasons, the only way is up for the Eels. The question is, when?
NOVEMBER 8
Letters to the Editor
John Howard seems to believe in the science that produced the airplane that flew him to London (''Howard dismisses climate science as zealotry'', November 7).
In the Herald: November 8, 1907
Brian Yatman "Pigeons are variously regarded by people who have no knowledge of them and their ways except as pigeon pie, on which opinion is no doubt unanimous,'' wrote the Herald.
Inventive design to the rescue
ELIZABETH FARRELLY Suddenly architecture is everywhere. I take a fortnight off and what happens? The stuff is crawling from the ground like cicadas after drought.
Changing the world but losing millions
PAUL SHEEHAN It took months for the creators of Twttr, in 2006, to realise they needed vowels. So that changed the company to Twitter, and it grew to more than 200 million active users.
WA election: poll likely to see more losers
MARK KENNY Opinion If someone had written the events in Western Australia into a political screenplay it might have been rejected as too dramatic, or even fanciful.
No end to challenges for heroic duo
Susan Banki Sydney honours two formidable women from Myanmar this month.
Opinion
Stuffing up the mother of all JFK conspiracies
Paul Monk The idea that the American president was shot by mistake is complete rubbish.
Comment
Horrors of Anzac aftermath laid bare
Bruce Scates Centenary plans to digitise repatriation files will change the way we think of the Great War.
Labor should not backflip
John Warhurst New governments can claim a mandate but a new opposition does not have to reject its election platforms.
Why are so many behind bars?
David Biles A new report should be of concern to anyone interested in our criminal justice systems.
Fintan's luck ran out
Frank O'Shea His name was Fintan and I knew him when we were at university together in Dublin more than half a century ago.
When Sally beats Harry
Suzanne Allard Levingston A woman's success challenges the male ego in many relationships.
Highlights
How Michael Kirby saved my life
I never thought I would write this column, but I am because of Michael Kirby.
The 21st century is Australia's for the taking
Australia should not be angst-ridden over its place in the world. Australia should seize its place in the world.
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A life walked on the wild side
LOU REED 1942-2013
Lou Reed, the singer, songwriter and guitarist whose work with the Velvet Underground in the 1960s had an impact on generations of rock musicians, remained a powerful if polarising force for the rest of his life.
What women don't want
The time is now to change the way women are portrayed in the media. And it is up to us to do it.
Some baby steps vital in role of fathers
While discussing the imminent birth of my daughter with my friends, conversation turned to new roles for dads as they try to play a larger part in raising children.
A note from the Letters editors
Why a Letter to the Editor that says, "there is no sign humans have caused climate change" would not make the grade for our page.
Mothering lessons for the girl who cried bear
It's only now, as a parent, that I understand the story my mum used to tell about me.
Rich people couldn't care less
Congratulations, Australia! We are now the richest people on the planet. Officially loaded.
Now, the good news: poverty in retreat worldwide
Imagine having to pick just one of your children to save, while leaving the others to face death.
UN owes it to Syria's children to act
The children of Syria are in a narrow, dark place. We must be their friends. We must get them help. We must end this war.
Tony Abbott will doom future generations
Politicians around the world continue to retreat from the battle to protect the environment.
