STAR POWER

Despite the online revolution, TV is still queen when you’ve got something to sell. Whether it’s haemorrhoid cream, a discounted set of six DVDs containing every episode of A Touch of Frost for only $19.95 if you order in the next 10 minutes, or yourself, an appearance on the small screen is the way to go. So, I thought I’d discuss the different ways a person can go about getting their own TV show...

OH GROW UP

Okay kids, vocab lesson.

Today’s word is ‘neoteny’. As in, “it is neoteny which makes people gay”. These words come courtesy of Desmond Morris, 80-year-old zoologist, ethologist and author, whose latest book, The Naked Man, suggests gay men are ‘made gay’ because they retain infantile or juvenile characteristics into adulthood. That’s neoteny...

PLUS: More of Brad Johnston's editorial edifications...

SAFETY FIRST

Like the Republican party, the Roman Catholic Church has had to deal with its fair share of sex scandals. As Newsweek reports, they are “doing everything they can to prevent such tragedies from happening again. That means public education, training programs and – in the New York Archdiocese – a surprisingly direct, abuse-themed coloring book for kids”...

PLUS: More of Brad Johnston's editorial edifications...  

THE FULL NELSON?

The many developments post-November 24 have demonstrated that a week is indeed a long time in politics. Already, John Howard seems a long-forgotten unpleasant memory, as the Coalition scrambles to eradicate his electorally poisonous legacy from the new post-Howard Opposition...

DON’T LET THE PARADE PASS YOU BY

And the countdown begins … It is less than three months until the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade. That’s 11 weeks, just 83 days, until we celebrate our 30th anniversary and there has already been interest in the parade, which means more people, more floats and more work (who doesn’t want more?)...