The Indelible Stain of Torture
This week, David Hicks is undergoing a final round of interrogation at Guantánamo Bay before…More
Browsing: Australian Politics
When a Confession Is Not a Confession
‘Whatever may be the rhetorical responses of the Iranian ‘Government’s critics,’ said John Howard, ‘the…More
Rudd Whispers Sweet Nothings
Don’t believe the pollsters showing the ALP way ahead of the Coalition. John Howard is…More
Bipolar Nation
A type of market research called the projective technique, long applied in the consumer products…More
Mirrors, Beads and Mortgages
Federal Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Mal Brough is barnstorming Indigenous Australia,…More
Down to Earth Starguide for Skeptics and Cynics
Aries Tom Waits sang about a Chocolate Jesus back in ’99, but artist Cosimo Cavallaro…More
The Bush Emergency
The Starbucks workers at Union Station in New Haven, Connecticut, sniggered when Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby…More
The Administration that Cried Wolf
It seems that, every so often, a new terrorist mastermind emerges who is to be…More
The Tip of the Iceberg
Soon after September 11, 2001, US Defense Secretary Rumsfeld announced the creation of a prison…More
Howard Is the Issue
Through his relentless acquisition of power, love of the limelight and position as Government spokesman…More