Tag: Flag

Recently, I was heading home from one of the local coffeehouses that I frequent on a regular basis. Along the way, at one specific intersection, there were a few men in a pickup truck in the lane next to me. Two men were sitting in the back of the truck. One of them proceeded to yell at me “do...

Weiss, a boatswain and carpenter, was one of dozens of American Jewish volunteers aboard the ship that left France in July 1947. It was carrying more than 4,500 Holocaust survivors who sought to immigrate to Palestine in violation of British policy. Jewish philanthropists from Baltimore and Washingt...

Last November, students at a local public university were beginning to worry about their roommate. He had been acting increasingly erratic: neglecting his emotional support dog, making concerning comments while watching true crime documentaries; and, in one alarming incident, pointing a gun at himse...

Throughout my 30s, I spent my summers on the traveling music festival, Vans Warped Tour, working for a nonprofit. As one of a handful of Christians on the tour, there was quite a lot of stigma to overcome. To the dismay of many — Christian and non-Christian alike — I befriended members o...

Dominic Perrottet, the New South Wales premier, announced that the Australian Aboriginal Flag will be flown permanently above the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Sydney Harbour Bridge, widely regarded as an iconic Australian landmark, is situated near to Sydney Opera House. The state government, earlier t...

If you don’t live on Twitter or listen to Sydney talkback radio station 2GB (basically, you’re not a sadist) then odds are you missed a stunning moment of hypocrisy on Friday morning. Bloviating shock jock Alan Jones shouted down NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley over a policy announce...