Euthanasia — a passionate debate renewed in recent days — is a very serious business. But if you want a more accessible and touching learning experience on the topic, I can highly recommend the Dutch film Simon, writes Michael R. James.
September, 2010
Daily Proposition: Watch a sensitive film on euthanasia
Media briefs: Telstra’s new mag … digi channels online …
Telstra has signed a major publishing deal with ACP Magazines, Crikey understands. In 2011, the Ten Network launches its new branded digital multichannel Eleven. Plus, other media news.
Political snippets: The quiet Australian
The public is surely in a mood to concentrate on football grand finals rather than politics.
Video of the Day: Video of the Day: Glenn Beck at his kooky best
Conservative firebrand Glenn Beck is at his kooky best in this Fox News ramble in which he claims progressives “are putting in place a system that will control every aspect of your life” and says Rupert Murdoch keeps him on the air because “I have the proof to back it up.”
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
Horsing around on charges. Over a year ago a certain horse training partnership had charges levelled against it in relation to horses within their care having tested positive to EPO. There has been a deafening silence since July. As other trainers are asking: what is the hold-up? Real estate and the ALP. In considering the lack […]
First Dog in the Moon: live from media140
First Dog on the Moon is currently attending the media140 social media workshop in Canberra. He’ll be live cartooning today’s events which you can follow at his blog, First Blog on the Moon. Here’s a collection of some of his work so far:
Crikey Says: A blocked toilet? Oh the horror
We had a whole editorial written but then we saw this reader comment on our website, and thought, well, that says it all really…
Journalism isn’t dying, just being redirected
While traditional news organisations continue to downsize their staff and struggle to stay afloat, some newsrooms - particularly online newsrooms - are actually expanding. Companies like Yahoo and AOL are hiring, not firing, writes Scott Rosenberg.
New words from Old Spice
Isaiah Mustafa become an overnight sensation when his Old Spice commercials grew into one of the most successful viral campaigns in history. In this interview with Advertising Age Mustafa opens up, discussing taking his daughter to school, the Superbowl and the location of his horse.
Strange snacks from around the globe
Fancy yourself a bit of a food connoisseur? We’re willing to bet you aren’t experienced in the menu of rodent and reptile treats - including smoked bats from Indonesia and alligator snack sticks from South Louisiana.
The death of many, many salesmen
Time turned Death of a Salesman protagonist Willy Loman into an eerily prophetic figure. James Ledbetter explains why the diminishing number of American salespeople partly explains the country’s grim economic state.
How location-based apps can benefit universities
Location-based mobile phone apps have generally been used for frivolous purposes, but their reach and impact will widen in coming years. Dan Klamm explains how the technology can have a huge positive impact on universities.
Muslims can be blonde and aborigines can be white
Racial stereotyping doesn’t help anybody. Putting Muslims against Christians in Australia, rather than both living happily and freely in a secular society brings down both sides. Andrew Bolt should take note, says Irfan Yusuf.
Old unions, new battlefront
The Australian union movement coughed up more than $30 million to fight John Howard and WorkChoices. It may have scored a victory but the real battlefront lies elsewhere: particularly in sustaining its membership base, writes Mark Davis.
Is Palin’s popularity all part of God’s great plan?
There’s been much talk — amongst her supporters and from herself — that Sarah Palin is like a modern day Queen Esther. Vanity Fair got its hands on a leaked email from one of her supporters.
Delhi’s Commonwealth Games fiasco
Crikey Media Wrap: A bridge collapse is the latest event in a flood of negative press for the already beleaguered Commonwealth Games organisers. And the hyperbolic headlines are running hot.
Newspoll: 57-43 to Liberal-National in WA
The latest quarterly Newspoll survey of state voting intention in Western Australia provides grim news for the Labor opposition, writes William Bowe.
UN condemns Israel for flotilla attack
Israel’s military “betrayed an unacceptable level of brutality” and violated human rights in its attack on the Gaza flotilla in May, declared a UN panel set up to investigate the controversy.
Ketchup not sauce? Boo f–king hoo … here’s a language to lament
Another news story about “endangered” Aussie English, with Dick Smith getting upset about Heinz advertising ketchup. Boo hoo. I care much more about actual endangered languages and cultures, writes Greg Dickson.
Why we’re all twits but the pollies aren’t
This whole ‘new paradigm’ and ‘the Twitter election’ talk is absolutely rubbish. Perhaps the journalists used Twitter and social media, but the politicians and political parties didn’t, writes Malcolm Farnsworth
The Aussie teen who terrified Twitter
A 17-year-old Melbourne student sent shock waves throughout the Twitterverse by discovering a bug that resulted in thousands of users receiving infected tweets. Victims include the British PM’s wife and Barack Obama’s press secretary.
great read 
The makings of a man: re-imagining masculinity
Masculinity isn’t just chopping down trees and being unable to cry. From the metrosexual to the retrosexual, Newsweek puts the non-fairer sex under the microscope in search of the New Macho.
VIDEO: Rally to restore sanity
With all the Tea Party madness — including Glenn Beck’s ‘Restoring Honor’ rally — recently in the States, The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart is fighting back with his own rally: the Rally to Restore Sanity.
