Toddlers to tweens: relearning how to play
Havely Taylor knows that her two children do not play the way she did when she was growing up.

View from the Tent Embassy: reality v news reports
The most striking factor of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy protests was the stark difference between reports of the events and the reality, writes Tracker editor Amy McQuire. Read more on the blog...

Pastor at Santorum rally: Americans won’t vote for Mormon president, Mormon church is racist
Rev. O’Neal Dozier, the conservative pastor of Pompano Beach’s Worldwide Christian Center, told the Palm Beach Post Sunday that Mitt Romney cannot win the presidency because Americans won’t vote for a Mormon president. Following his third place finish in South Carolina, Rick Santorum made his first Florida campaign stop at Dozier’s church, where he gave [...]

BAM or JAZZ: Why It Matters
Since the last Race and Jazz column, the first of a multi-part discussion with John Gennari--the top scholar on the history of jazz criticism--a firestorm of controversy has arisen surrounding m: Nicholas Payton 's declaration that, to him, the word jazz is dead. He also feels that the word jazz is tantamount to or worse than the "n" word--nigger--and that the best and most descriptive umbrella ...

Gillard duds Wilkie, and what’s left of her own credibility
In breaching her commitment to Andrew Wilkie, Julia Gillard has made it even less likely voters will trust her again. Read more on the blog...