online archive
12:30PM
AUG 27 2007
Australia
Michael Hogan (Sydney): Anti-political sentiment in contemporary liberal democracies. From ARPA, a review of The Government Giveth and the Government Taketh Away: Tax-welfare Churning and the Case for Welfare State Opt-Outs by Peter Saunders; and Cutting greenhouse emissions—What would we do if we really meant it? A review of Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy.
From New Statesman, still the lucky country: A special report on Australia. A review of Kevin Rudd: An Unauthorised Political Biography by Nicholas Stuart. Understanding Scoresgate: Don't dismiss the impacts of the Kevin Rudd stripper scandal too quickly. The man tipped as next Aussie prime minister was asked to leave a New York City strip club. It's a fact universally acknowledged that "Rudd and the strippers" is not the headline any aspiring prime minister wants to see splashed over the Sunday newspapers (and more).
Children of the Enlightenment: It’s not surprising that the cultural warriors see schools — and particularly public schools — as the perfect battleground for their campaign. A river ran through it: The Murray is the lifeblood of Australia's farming country, a legendary river that thundered 1,500 miles from the Snowy Mountains to the Indian Ocean. Now, it's choking to death. A review of The Minefield: An Australian Tragedy in Vietnam by Greg Lockhart. A review of American Notebook: A Personal and Political Journey by Michael Gawenda. A review of Prince of the Church, Patrick Francis Moran by Philip Ayres.
