Indonesia

With the Indonesian drug trial being being ramped up in the news recently, people are talking about the brutality of the Indonesian justice system and the harsh way with which…

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Boston and the inevitable knee jerk reaction

It’s been a week or so since the events at Boston took place. It’s been labelled by the press as the most significant terrorist act since 9/11. The unspoken and…

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Rethinking gun control in the USA

Gun control has been bought into the limelight again in the USA after the school shootings at Sandy Hook elementary where 20 kids and 8 adults were killed by a…

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2DayFM prank call backlash

The recent events surrounding the death of Jacintha Saldhana, a nurse at King Edward VII hospital are tragic. A lady has left behind 2 young children and a husband in…

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Alan Jones scandal – another perspective

I read with interest about the recent uproar that Alan Jone’s comments (that Julia Gillard’s father “died of shame”) have made with the public. I too think that these comments…

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