Grasping the Nettle
The distinguishing features of the military regimes that have ruled Burma since 1962 have been…More
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An Epistle to Saint Kev
MEMO To: St Kev, CanberraFrom: Mary, Coogee Dear St Kev, Word in the Vatican, Kev,…More
Pilger Goes Latino
In his first feature film The War on Democracy, journalist John Pilger aims to expose…More
All The News That's Fit to Free
Jay RosenI recommend Jeff Jarvis’s obituary for TimesSelect. The thing died at midnight last Wednesday,…More
Cultural Diversity and How to Make it Work
Multiculturalism was once known as the ‘m’ word that Prime Minister John Howard would not…More
The Sausage Migration
Some not very kind people at home called ours ‘the sausage migration’. The Russian Jews…More
Iran and Kouchner's Billet-doux
Bernard Kouchner ‘We have to prepare for the worst, and the worst is war.’ You…More
And Now, A Word From Our Federal Government
If I were a media buyer I’d be warning my clients to buy their airtime…More
Helping Friends or Helping Ourselves?
This is the second article in a three part series about the expansion of the…More
It's the Oil, Stupid
For those still wondering why President George W Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney sent…More