We're all elite athletes, trying to jump life's hurdles
Avoid measuring your worth in money, other people's adoration or unsustainable highs. Measure your life in love.
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Alan Stokes
Alan Stokes is a columnist and chief editorial writer for The Sydney Morning Herald, where he began in journalism compiling the weather and law lists in 1984. He has worked for major newspapers here and overseas as a Tokyo correspondent, day editor, night editor, features editor and chief sub-editor. He is the author of The Australian on Australia and has been awarded for his writing on human rights.
What I learnt from watching 13 Reasons Why with my teenage son
The show exposes 13 people or incidents that Hannah Baker believed led to her death.
This is not about Abbott v Turnbull
Rather, it's about why the presentation of supposed news and top of the head opinion has become more important than the actual content.
The dangerous con in Married at First Sight
Can we ever trust a psychologist, a counsellor or especially group counselling again?
My ingenious scheme to dob in bad drivers
Sometimes you just want to report a dud driver to the police. But does that make you a dobber or a tosser? And what's worse?
How to stay engaged when there is too much bad news
Media overload makes you question your faith in mankind and sends you towards the frozen apathy of compassion fatigue.
Finally, the truth about urine in swimming pools
More than ever we need a chemical that turns the water red or blue when a swimmer sneakily drains the bladder.
The experiment that shows why you could vote for Hanson
Try this experiment: examine One Nation's policies and aims. You might be surprised how many resonate.
Vickerman tragedy exposes my secret life of suicidal thoughts
Trapped in a sludge-filled box, you are too ashamed, too proud, too scared to say: Help me!
Play your part in the future of the Herald
There IS a way for every single copy of the printed Herald to be custom-built for every single subscriber.
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