Putting the fun back into fundamentalism
Anyone who seriously believes that there will be 72 virgins waiting for him in Paradise…More
Tagged: australian politics
The mother of all smokescreens
The withdrawal of 8500 settlers from Gaza is being portrayed as a trauma engulfing the…More
Dying to Win
Since September 11 2001, the United States has responded to the growing threat of suicide…More
Why We Still Need Serious Journalism
Australian journalist, Phillip Knightley, recently gave the keynote speech at the International Consortium of Investigative…More
A nose for the rottenness in the bulkhead
Shock waves hit the lateral extremities of Australia on one August weekend. One was from…More
Cinderella in Texas
Is she like the lone protestor in that famous photo from Tianenmen Square in 1989?…More
Same monarchy, worlds apart
She is a woman who travels the country from its cities to its remotest regions,…More
A matter of degrees
I’m about to graduate and this thought scares me a lot. It just doesn’t seem…More
The Fraser case and the question of expertise
A few weeks ago Andrew Fraser, an Associate Professor of Law from Macquarie University, had…More
Desperately Seeking Bing
Amidst the general lament about the state of the Australian film industry, the recent Melbourne…More