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Most of the uncertainties of the year ahead are international, particularly in our region. John Howard will be lucky if things work out as he hopes.
In America, the political scientists are trying to attract the NASCAR dads—the sort of guys who are fans of racing cars. ‘NASCAR dads’ was once used to describe small-town and rural men.
The following is an edited text of an address given by Frank Brennan SJ as part of the Jesuit Lenten Seminar Series 2004.
Why did Australians rally behind Van Nguyen yet appear to care little about the Bali Nine? The differing responses of the community to particular cases appears to be driven more by emotion and social identification than principles, or practical reason.
This year’s May anniversary of independence for Timor Leste is Xanana Gusmão’s second as President and the country’s fifth as a free territory. Sara Niner looks at the current political machinations.
Tunisian human rights activist and University of Paris XIII Associate Professor of Public Health, Moncef Marzouki argues that there are three approaches to health.
Reviews of the books: Who did this to our Bali?; Off Course: From Public Place to Marketplace at Melbourne University; Dark Dreams, Australian refugee stories by young writers; A history of the devil: From the Middle Ages to the present.
In this edited extract from the 2006 Manning Clark Lecture, ‘5 R’s for the Enlargers: Race, Religion, Respect, Rights and the Republic’, Frank Brennan focuses on respect.
Tony Kevin considers the cost of the free trade agreement.
Reviews of the books: A man after his own heart; The Master; Car wars: How the car won our hearts and conquered our cities; and Travellers’ Tales.
Peter Hamilton prepares to cast his first vote in a US election
Kirsty Sangster reviews Christine Balint’s Ophelia’s fan: A story about dreams, Shakespeare and love.
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