Among the plethora of things the Australian media do that annoy the heck out of me, there is one that drives me to distraction: the use of the word ‘hero’. ‘Our cricketing heroes…’ ‘Our footy heroes…’ ‘Our Olympic...

We’re halfway through the Olympics so I figure it’s a good time to reflect on what I’ve seen so far. Michael Phelps is a phenomenon. When he crashed and burned a few years ago I, like many others, mourned the sad end to a wonderful career. But then,...

So Mr Trump says he’s going to make America great again. He’s going to do it by building a wall between the USA and Mexico to keep the Mexicans out; he’s going to stop all Muslims from coming into the USA; he egged on his supporters when they...