Australia or Terra Australis (land of the southern wind), a country of about 7.7 million square kilometres, the only one on the planet which is also a continent...
The terms culture and, in particular, popular culture, are open to such a broad range of interpretations that any authoritative definition of them has largely proven ...
When one hears the term "slave" in the west, the notion — a caricature, essentially — of a dark-skinned African comes to mind...
It’s a difficult thing for me to explain to others, this obsession I have for the Boston Celtics...
It was Saturday morning and the twilight of the rising sun hit my eyes causing me to have a reflex action as I woke up and tried to figure out what was going on...
The traditional understanding we have of the Genesis story in the Old Testament of the Bible consists primarily of the creation of the world in six days and the creation...
As I write this, I’m bracing myself for the catastrophe that could result of someone actually reading these words...
You see the unemployment rate You see it shrink and think it great
While at the time of publication it has become increasingly apparent that, pending any catastrophic revelations, Barack Obama will be the Democratic Party’s nominee...
If Lloyd Bertaud had not successfully obtained a court injunction, he might never had visited Old Orchard Beach in Maine - nor vanished afterwards...
Let’s see how you’re going so far: 1. You are more or less penniless 2. You have bleak career prospects 3. You are now at an age where this is no longer …
Jasper Maskelyne wanted to help. “You want to do WHAT?” said the British Army — or as their oh-so-polite upper crust officers probably put it: “Sorry, ol’ chap, but we don’t seem to have an urgent need for magicians...
Little Johnny sits on Vera’s knee. Aged 6. Christmas. 1983. He lolls forward at the chin like there’s a loose hinge at the back of his neck and slips in and out of sleep....
