http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/patrick-carlyon/ Herald Sun journalist and author en Copyright 2013 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:00:10 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/lied-his-whole-career-and-hes-about-to-do-it-to-oprah/ Lance Armstrong, the biggest drugs cheat in sport, is having a friend over this week. The pair may compare inspiring quotes - both have spawned industries in them - and talk about the spiritual enlightenment that grows in adversity. There will be a confession - or so says the press release - and there may be tears and a hug. Armstrong may even try telling the truth for the first time in a decade or two. But let’s not get carried away. Armstrong has had five months since he was outed as a slimebag to practise his best version of honesty, the one that is least likely to lead to lawsuits and most likely to spark the first flickerings of public support. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Patrick Carlyon) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/lied-his-whole-career-and-hes-about-to-do-it-to-oprah/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/lied-his-whole-career-and-hes-about-to-do-it-to-oprah/#item10392 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:00:37 +0000 Patrick Carlyon | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/If-you-think-hes-a-womaniser-now-wait-till-he-gets-married/ Prince Harry failed centuries of royal tradition last week. Badly. Take the tale of another British prince who was also rather fond of the ladies. Too fond of the ladies. He chased them after lunch and after dinner. Well, he waddled after them, anyway.His list of dalliances reads like a who’s who of socialites and actresses. He did much for French-Anglo relations, some of it while plonked on a siege damour, or a love seat, from where he would ravish one or more prostitutes at a time. To glimpse the chair now is to vomit in your mouth. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Patrick Carlyon) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/If-you-think-hes-a-womaniser-now-wait-till-he-gets-married/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/If-you-think-hes-a-womaniser-now-wait-till-he-gets-married/#item9317 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 19:50:35 +0000 Patrick Carlyon | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/big-bad-tobacco-is-actually-a-pretty-soft-target/ Smoking is bad. Big tobacco is evil. These truisms are as entwined as pies and sauce. Therefore, the plain packaging of cigarette packets must be a progressive step, given tobacco companies have spent tens of millions of dollars fighting the idea. Yesterday, the High Court made such legislation binding. Even smokers might gloat at the idea of tobacco companies being flogged in a courtroom. And Australia, once again, gets a gold medal for showing the world how it should be done, which is a step up at least from some of ourl male swimmers. It was a “victory for all families who had lost someone to a tobacco-related disease” said a Gillard Government press release.  It was “a relief for every parent”. “For anyone who has ever lost someone, this is for you.” Cigarettes, it seemed, have been reinvented. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Patrick Carlyon) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/big-bad-tobacco-is-actually-a-pretty-soft-target/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/big-bad-tobacco-is-actually-a-pretty-soft-target/#item9240 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 20:30:06 +0000 Patrick Carlyon | Author bios | The Punch