Those Who Forget the Past
This is an article about American liberalism, a political tradition so reviled that its adherents…More
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Brainless on the Potomac
Stephen Colbert plays Bill O’Reilly on TV. Day after day, Colbert parodies, mocks and otherwise…More
Storms Over Paris and Scooter
A few years ago, Channel Ten was rumoured to be developing an Australian version of…More
Everyone Hates Hillary
Ask most people who the leading contender for the US Democratic 2008 Presidential nomination is,…More
The Robot versus the Great Uniter
The latest buzz video on YouTube wasn’t connected to the Virginia Tech shootings, or the…More
Slam Dunking George
‘If you can’t say something positive about someone, don’t say anything.’ This was drummed into…More
Bye bye, Christian Right
Lakewood Independent Church is the biggest mega-church in the world. It’s right in the centre…More
The Bush Emergency
The Starbucks workers at Union Station in New Haven, Connecticut, sniggered when Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby…More
Misreading the Mid-Terms
The bare facts of the 2006 US mid-term elections are clear. The House of Representatives…More
It's Downhill for the Neo-Cons
A week after the US Democrats’ sweeping victory in the mid-term Congressional elections, I would…More