The Monthly, February 2006, No. 9 | The Monthly

The Monthly, February 2006, No. 9

In This Issue

February 2006 in brief

The Nation Reviewed

by Robert Manne

A Twitch in Time

by Clare Barker

by Michelle Griffin

Tell Them I Said Something

The Monthly Essays

Some Velvet Mourning

by Bridget Griffen-Foley

Infomation Idol

by Gideon Haigh

Crouching Tiger

Arts & Letters

The Man in Black

by Helen Garner

Welcome to the New Neil

by Robert Forster

by Justin Clemens

'The Old Country: Australian Landscapes, Plants and People' by George Seddon

by Alan Saunders

'Family Wanted: Adoption Stories' edited by Sara Holloway

Encounters

Errol Flynn & Fidel Castro

by Shane Maloney

miscellaneous

Site Highlights

Divided We Fall

Comment: Address to the US President

All About Cory

Angry Boys

Hot This Week

Recommended

POLITICS: Human Rights (186); Racism (92); Feminism (88); Australian Politics (88); Robert Manne (67); Obama (56); Islam (52); American Politics (47); Censorship (44); Multiculturalism (39); Consumerism (36); Pokies (30); Stolen Generations (28); Childcare (26); Freedom of Speech (26); Prime Ministers (20); Political Parties (19); Social Justice (18); History of Australia (18); Liberalism (18); Waleed Aly (17); Germaine Greer (17); Gay Marriage (16)

SOCIETY: Australian History (108); Travel (98); Ethics (68); Asylum Seekers (56); Lawyers (52); Gender (51); Neuroscience (50); Capitalism (45); Anthropology (45); Sexuality (45); Aboriginal People (41); Australian Society (30); Facebook (30); Scholars (29); Clive Hamilton (23); Muslim (23); Homosexuality (22); Decision-making (22); Sociology (22); Alice Springs (21); Gambling (21); Historians (20); State Library of Victoria (18); Neuropsychology (16)

CULTURE: Theatre (160); Literature (145); Fiction (138); Hollywood (108); Memoir (106); Arts (87); Biography (86); Photography (80); Painting (79); Humour (76); Library (64); Comedy (58); Musicians (56); Opera (52); Football (50); Dance (47); Architecture (38); Short Stories (30); The Arrival (24); Autobiography (24); 20 Australian Masterpieces (22); Cooking (21); Arts Masterpieces (20); Aussie Masterpieces (20); Top 20 Arts Masterpieces (20); Modern Masterpieces (20); Australian Film (19); Art (19); Jazz (18); Directors (16)

WORLD: China (199); Iraq (114); India (64); Ireland (62); World economy (60); Afghanistan (60); England (58); Britain (54); Middle East (54); France (53); Asia (51); New York City (50); Africa (46); Barack Obama (45); New Zealand (42); Foreign Policy (41); Egypt (41); Pakistan (39); World War II (38); Germany (37); New York Times (36); Indonesia (34); Italy (34); George W Bush (33); Russia (32); Eurozone (31); Iran (29); Terrorism (29); California (27); European Union (27); United Nations (26); Aid (26); East Timor (24); Taliban (23); Communism (22); Israel (22); Libya (22); Egyptian revolution (21); Beijing (19); Libyan uprising (16); Nuclear power (16); Thailand (16); Greece (16); American Military (16)

ENVIRONMENT: Climate Change (265); Nuclear (142); Energy (116); Drought (76); Global Warming (57); Sustainability (46); Tasmania (44); Dogs (42); ETS (26); Amazon (24); Carbon dioxide (24); Conservation (22); Emissions trading (20); Rainforest (20); Carbon tax (17); Ecology (16); Carbon emissions (16); Water crisis (16); Horses (16); Nuclear Energy (16)

ECONOMICS: Business (152); Australian Economy (77); The Global Financial Crisis (66); European debt (40); Wall Street (38); Finance (38); Globalisation (37); Global Financial Crisis (34); Global finance (32); Recession (26); Unemployment (20); Food Production (18); Stock Market (16); Population growth (16)

MEDIA: ABC (102); Journalism (87); Australian Media (54); Rupert Murdoch (46); Radio National (40); Quarterly Essay (37); Fairfax (32); News Corporation (31); Google (29); Wikileaks (27); Social Media (25); News Limited (24); Twitter (23); Communications (23); Assange (22); Guardian (21); Phone-hacking scandal (21); Julian Assange (18); Crikey (16)

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Brain (71); Drugs (55); Psychology (41); Evolution (32); Biology (27); Genetics (21); Disease (18); Flu (17)