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David

  • The resilience required to be second.

    In a world driven by being the best, it takes a hell of a lot of resilience to be second.

  • That loaded word – tolerance

    Few words provoke so much tension, debate and all-round discomfort as this one. Tolerance.

  • Missing AirAsia plane thought to be 'on the sea floor' says official

    A missing AirAsia jet carrying 162 people could be at the bottom of the sea after it was presumed to have crashed off the Indonesian coast.

  • Bettina Ardnt's take on marriage and children

    Bettina Ardnt one of Australia\'s leading social-affairs columnists came out strongly late last year on the benefits of marriage for children - giving chapter and verse for such bountiful claims.

  • Violence, in the name of… Christ?

    People don\'t usually believe me when I say I\'m in the Army. I\'m not your stereotypical Army girl.

  • Power (Cut)

    I am not materialistic. I am not fascinated with power. I am not even that obsessed with technology (much).

  • AirAsia flight missing in Southeast Asia

    Indonesia called off until first light a search for an AirAsia plane with 162 people on board that went missing on Sunday after pilots asked to change course to avoid bad weather during a flight from Indonesia\'s Surabaya city to Singapore.

  • Some 'doctoral' (PhD) topics are way out there and so they should

    Education has taken significant twists and turns over the past two decades. I recall fifteen years ago listening to Radio National\'s regular Education Program who were interviewing the Professor of Engineering of the time from Stuart University that 67% of their students were from overseas – distance education.

  • We are prone to worry, quick to condemn and slow to pray

    Unless you\'ve been living under a rock, you will be well aware that our world is in desperate need of peace. Recent news has shown countless occasions whereby it seems as if humanity has lost its marbles and we\'re headed downhill for good.

  • Losing resolve

    I\'ve always thought of the calendar year as a line. You hop along it with a few humps and bumps, everything building up to Christmas until finally all of the pressure and hype is released and the New Year rolls around. Everything resets, the slate is wiped clean and everyone is free to start all over again.