In July of 1969, John Krummell, John Norman and Charles Little stood in the dock of the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court, charged, on the information of officers of the Vice Squad, with using obscene language in a public place. They had uttered this obscene language in the course of performances of…

“If schooling is to be a source of empowering enlightenment rather than an instrument of domesticating indoctrination, its intellectual content must recruit the creative imagination of the growing child. And if the consequences for the local community are to be cultural enrichment and socio-economic progress, rather than debilitating social conflict…

Myron Stolaroff, a Stanford graduate and technical planning director with Ampex, a leading company for tape recorders, first learned of LSD in a lecture by Gerald Heard, a historian and philosopher in 1956. Stolaroff was a devout Jew and dedicated researcher and could not believe that a man as gifted…

Some thoughts on living in the Disney Channel — In Australia we learn to parade as children. At school we form lines, march and even sing patriot songs. Then there is the military — countless occasions to remember the fallen in so many odd foreign wars. The result being an amazing street choreography for Mardi Gras…. In 1994…

eBay allows for the sale of human remains from China . This is despite a Customer Service policy which states that “Human body parts or items containing body parts are not allowed. We don’t allow the sale of human bodies, body parts, or products made from the human body on…

Michael Dransfield (12 September 1948–20 April 1973) was an Australian poet of the 1960s and early 1970s, who acquired a considerable reputation before his premature death. Dransfield was born in Sydney, and educated at Sydney Grammar School. He briefly studied English literature and language at the University of New South…

Dear Louis: Not written for long since I’ve been running around and busy. I’m working full time at Greyhound in the city, but haven’t made decent living arrangements, so I only get back to Berkeley a few times a week where all papers and letters are on desk in big…