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Author: Binoy Kampmark

RELIGION

Pope visit holds mirror up to 'grappling' US Catholics
- Binoy Kampmark
- 28 April 2008
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Did the Pope's first visit to the US usher in any significant changes for the Church in that country? Benedict acknowledged that child abuse was a problem that had to be confronted, but would not divorce it from the broader assault on community values.
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AUSTRALIA

Progressive evangelicals succeeding US religious right
- Binoy Kampmark
- 31 March 2008
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Rev. Jim Wallis, a prominent religious minister and political consultant, argues that America has entered the era of a 'post-religious right'. While a Republican candidate like John McCain can't ignore the evangelical vote, their uniformity is no longer apparent.
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AUSTRALIA

Legal fusion the way forward
- Binoy Kampmark
- 12 February 2008
7 Comments
The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams might have tread more carefully when he suggested Britons might learn to live with some form of Sharia law in their midst. He was simply reiterating the obvious: thatlegal systems and obligations often have mutually sustaining andre-enforcing values.
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AUSTRALIA

The Republicans' dark horse
- Binoy Kampmark
- 21 January 2008
1 Comment
Republican candidate Mike Huckabee has had little by way of party machinery or fundraising acumen. But he managed to storm home in the Republican ballot, roping in not merely the evangelicals but disaffected low-income voters.
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AUSTRALIA

Mahathir Mohamad embraces human rights?
- Binoy Kampmark
- 08 March 2007
1 Comment
Malaysia's colourful former Prime Minister is setting up a war crimes tribunal, to "assuage the pain that has been suffered by so many people in Iraq, Palestine, Afghanistan and elsewhere". Mahathir, it seems, hopes to reinvent the wheel, and a rickety one at that.
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AUSTRALIA

Warne's world of Hollywood and the modern Ashes
- Binoy Kampmark
- 22 January 2007
3 Comments
Whatever criticisms have been levelled against Warnie, he is seen as the reviver of cricket. For better or worse, he brought cricket up-to-speed with other sports, in terms of quality, and scandal. Whatever criticisms have been levelled against Warnie, Australians remain loyal to his superiority. Warne is seen as the reviver of cricket, bringing slow bowling back from the desert.
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ENVIRONMENT

Zookeeper Irwin preached the wrong message
- Binoy Kampmark
- 24 December 2006
1 Comment
The story of Irwin's life, already being written, will conclude that he was a good conservationist, a global ambassador for protecting 'dangerous' animals. But how can the owner of a zoo be worthy of such a title? Zoos are enclosures that imply a loss of sanctuary and celebrate the subjugation of nature. From 19 September 2006.
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AUSTRALIA

Thorpie proves mortality is no vice
- Binoy Kampmark
- 11 December 2006
In the end, Thorpe was swimming against himself. There were rivals, but there was nothing left, other than the treadmill of performances. The admission came in his last conference: "I needed a closing point." There is reason for him to be proud.
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AUSTRALIA

Zookeeper Irwin preached the wrong message
- Binoy Kampmark
- 18 September 2006
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The story of Irwin's life, already being written, will conclude that he was a good conservationist, a global ambassador for protecting 'dangerous' animals. But how can the owner of a zoo be worthy of such a title? Zoos are enclosures that imply a loss of sanctuary and celebrate the subjugation of nature.
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Binoy Kampmark
- Binoy Kampmark
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Dr Binoy Kampmark is a former Commonwealth Scholar who lectures at RMIT University, Melbourne.
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