My preconceptions about the nature of gender differences got a helluva shake-up recently.
There's a popular view that public transport are modes that are owned and/or operated by the government but that's not a satisfactory definition, writes Alan Davies, who explores a simple but significant question: exactly what is public transport?
Thomas Beller's Kodak moment soured when a group of youngsters ran off with his iPhone. Beller recounts the story of how a smile led to a theft -- and the liberating real-life chase scene that followed.
Warning: the 40 photographs presented on this BuzzFeed page -- beautiful, sad and moving -- are so vivid and evocative they may cause you to tear up.
Union kingpin Paul Howes has made no secret of his heroic past organising for Trotskyite youth agitators Resistance during the 1990s. But one incident in particular might require a bit of historical revision.
Asked for advice by a woman who said she was experiencing discrimination in her position as a local councillor, SA opposition leader Isobel Redmond suggested she ignore it. Suzie Keen was outraged.
Boing Boing, one of the biggest, most popular and culturally savvy blogs in the world, is the creation of Mark Frauenfelder, who speaks to LA I'm Yours about how he became a 'culture maker'.
A British motorising organisation recently conducted a survey claiming 57% of cyclists run red lights. The tabloid media in Australia will probably get onto it soon, so it's worth having a look at the issue more closely, writes Alan Davies.
"In the beginning, I thought it was us," says the father of a 9-year-old child who exhibits many of the traits of being a psychopath. Jennifer Kahn explores an American family's nightmarish predicament.
Crikey linguists team Fully Sic have long rallied against the 'Monolingual Mindset', which argues it is uncommon and difficult to speak more than one language. A recent DHS investigation provides a telling case in point, writes Aidan Wilson.
