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Aust has better claim to being land of the free than the US

While working as a doctor in America during the Clinton years, I came to feel that the US was a bit like Asia on steroids.

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Societal imbalances remain because many rush to ‘correct’

Recently, we heard an outbreak of global mansplaining, because young women were asserting that if lost in the woods, they would rather be in there with a wild bear than a random man.

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Those who don't hate war have probably never fought in one

Wars are popular only with those not in harm’s way. Those who profit politically or financially, rather than those whose families are being killed.

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The one thing downsizing homes teaches you

We have decided to try on an apartment for a while, to see if it fits. To see if we fit. But it’s made me realise on thing. We have so much stuff.

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The awkward urban dance of ‘home opens’ are not real life

I trot up the steps to another home open, and stand to one side as another couple leave.

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Our wounds will heal but be mindful of invisible scars

Healing can be like waiting for a plant to grow. As a middle-aged man at a crowded urinal might say, it will happen in its own time.

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Vast amount of Aussies suffer from debilitating migraines

Imagine reading this, when suddenly some words go missing. A hole in a sentence here, then there. After a few minutes, an entire paragraph might disappear and your train of thought will be lost.

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Bureaucrat bungling is the real reason we’re low on IV fluid

As complicated as things have become since we emerged from the primordial oceans and adapted to life on land, we are still mostly salt water on the inside. 

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My mate asked me to prove I hadn’t had a vasectomy

Things sneak up on us, you know? Some are abstract, intangible concepts like age, and feelings. Grief bides its time in the shadows, but when the season turns it reappears like winter weeds.

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What can we learn from Tasmania’s polarising MONA

Tasmania got to me with their clever-crafted slogan — ‘Come down for air. Be inspired.’

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Medical labels can change the way some elderly are treated

As the reliability of recall declines, confidence can suffer, but the person remains. On that we must stand. If any of us can be dehumanised, everything is up for grabs.

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We need better values in our technological world

Gather round and I’ll tell you about some noisy characters from the olden days: a squawking dial-up modem, a stuttering floppy disk, and a tooth-drilling dot-matrix printer. 

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Top doctor on half of adult population to take oral Ozempic

Some analysts are predicting that when oral semaglutide - Ozempic - becomes widely available, around 50 per cent of the adult population might end up taking it. 

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Why the importance of time and rest cannot be overstated

Healing takes its own slow time.

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No one likes a species that feels sorry for itself

Being scared of things that cannot hurt us helps us to ignore the things that can.

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Pros and cons of donating your DNA to authorities

DNA doesn’t lie and therein lies the danger. . .

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We could all learn something from the way the Amish live

Who wants to join an agrarian revolution? We will live simply — farming bucolic lands where the smell of coffee and home-made bread hangs in a cool crisp dawn. 

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Immature men and stingy governments must carry stigma

The way we deal with our anger is never anyone else’s responsibility.

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You can’t control your child’s future, only help to shape it

You cannot control your child’s future, only help to shape it

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Arming our community after Bondi massacre a path to hell

Beyond expressing grief and outrage at the news of the recent terrible events in Bondi, is there something more useful we can do?

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Family life is beautiful, sad and full of regrets of absence

Family life is beautiful, sad and of regrets at not being there

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Easter’s true meaning is obvious, why don’t we just say it?

Did you expect the meaning of Easter to be more about the blood of the lamb, rather than Lindt & oft-overlooked Sprüngli?

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Celebrity admitting use of mood drugs is a dangerous path

Nothing much changes in human affairs, except for the details — 2024 still feels like the best and worst of times.

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Why the three wise monkeys set a bad example

Children don’t say much, but they know what evil looks and sounds like. They know that starvation, the making of orphans and the high-tech killing of other children are wrong.

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