Assad's Offer
It had been hoped that a new push for peace in the Middle East could…More
Browsing: Australian Politics
The Suez Crisis (Part 1)
Among self-destructive Western follies of the last century, the 1956 Suez War whose 50th…More
Torque the Torque
‘I saw this movie the other day,’ says Jay, a twentysomething IT worker, to his…More
It's Time for a Muslim Reformation
Nearly everyone in the UK agrees that the niqab (full Islamic veil) sucks from Salman…More
Why Do Some Muslim Women 'Choose' to Wear the Niqab?
Every parent eventually learns that there is no surer way to add glamour to a…More
Not Remotely Concerned.
ABC Lateline’s program in mid-May about sexual violence in Central Australian Indigenous communities shone a…More
Kipling's Bastards
‘The colonial historical shark is far from extinct and continues to cruise our history beaches…More
Soul Drain
Arriving back in Sydney, I shared a cab from Mascot Airport with a financier from…More
a starguide for skeptics and cynics
Scorpio Like a cross between Kim Jong Il and Paris Hilton, your problem is you…More