Xavier Symons
Xavier is currently completing honours in philosophy at Syndey University’. He has a keen interest in moral philosophy, and particularly in virtue ethics and natural law. Upon completing his degree, he suspects he will be living in a bus shelter. But ideally he hopes to get into journalism. Xavier has previously published articles with the Sunday Telegraph, and is currently working for them as a news room assistant.
Articles by Xavier Symons
The United Colours of pseudo-morality
For years now The United Colours of Benetton has been running shock advertising campaigns. Many of us remember the confronting…... Read more
Crummy artist left to pick up the scraps
You can call a controversial comic’s work an ‘artwork’. But this doesn’t change its shocking subject matter. American cartoonist Robert…... Read more
Great rhetoric doesn’t make a great leader
UPDATE: US President Barack Obama has announced that a deal has been signed to raise the debt ceiling, saying “the…... Read more
Q&A is the equivalent of intellectual McNuggets
Mainstream media holds a mirror up to society. If we take a look into that mirror, we see what is…... Read more
Facebook Recommendations
Read all about it
Punch live
Up to the minute Twitter chatter
@AndrewCatsaras Agreed. Kills more people than AIDS. Yet tolerated. Meanwhile: Good Insiders piece again Andrew.
RT @JamieTravers: I'm in Europe and don't care for Eurovision, why is my twitter feed filled with Aussies recounting the bloody thing!?
Ukraine song pinches chord progression from The Verve's Bittersweet Symphony. Fo real #sbseurovision
Recent posts
The latest and greatest
Abbott’s crass logic: trash the Parliament in order save it
An email was sent to almost every politician in Australia this week saying that someone should cut off…
Our special forces don’t always need special treatment
We admire them, but we’re not entirely sure why. We allow them to operate in the shadows; we rarely…
A good holiday is about unrest, not rest
Like a fat full-stop, it lay in my hand. A small orange – not exactly fresh, but purchased anyway…
Nosebleed Section
choice ringside rantings
From: They must pay for one’s bitter disappointments
Michael S says:
"A teacher at Geelong Grammar had criticised her for using words that were too long, which had left her confused and had made her doubt her ability to write essays. She became ''quite distressed'' when her English marks began to fall." I can sympathise. My scholastic mentors conveyed to me a causal relationship… [read more]From: Welfare for breeders is a bonus for everyone
Change Up! says:
I have no problem paying my taxes. As a single, childless person on a very decent income, I can afford it and not have my life severely altered. Plus I understand that my taxes paying for things like schools, childcare and infrastructure is ultimately a good thing. A better community is better for me… [read more]Gentle jabs to the ribs
They must pay for one’s bitter disappointments
A private school girl’s family is sueing her elite, extremely expensive private school for not… Read more
