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Two lives, two deaths and a timeless lesson
By not thinking clearly about death, are we not perhaps undermining our lives?
Michael Short is The Age's chief editorial writer, as well as a columnist. He is a board member and ambassador of a number of organisations, and is a frequent public speaker and moderator. He is generally bemused, and is thus particularly grateful to his wife Sophie and their three children Edie, Tom and Clem for trying patiently and tenderly to help him through the whole thing. He quite likes open fires, walking his dog and sitting for long periods in the bath.
By not thinking clearly about death, are we not perhaps undermining our lives?
Mr Abbott, your opinion piece was a mix of baseless assertions, illogical contortions and brazen inversions.
here please.
Ethical investment funds outperform mainstream competitors, year after year. Economically and socially, investors, managers, employees, customers and suppliers benefit.
We've had a decade dominated by a revolving door on the prime ministerial suite.
People know when the law has become an ass. The collective wisdom and wit of the crowd winnows well. It is the citizenry rather than the polity that tends to lead cultural and legislative change.
In recent days, a great Australian man was farewelled, some of the most despicable Australian men were prevented from leaving our land and a disgraced Melbourne (former) teacher who induced his nine-year-old students to massage him and told them tales of incest, violence and cruelty lost his ridiculous case for unfair dismissal in the Fair Work Commission.
There are uplifting narratives alleviating the bleakness. This is one of them. It's about guts, kindness and authentic leadership, writes Michael Short.
Until we have marriage equality, the notion Australia is the land of the fair go is delusional, argues Michael Short.
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