The Monthly, March 2007, No. 21 | The Monthly

The Monthly, March 2007, No. 21

In This Issue

March 2007 in brief

The Nation Reviewed

by Judith Brett

by Edward Scheer

Saying Famous Things

The Monthly Essays

by Mark McKenna

Winter in Afghanistan

by Debbie Whitmont

Arts & Letters

Read All About It

by Gideon Haigh

The Host with the Most

by Adrian Martin

Love Goes to a Building on Fire

by Robert Forster

A Law That Cannot Be Enforced

by Justin Clemens

Encounters

Esperance & Skylab

by Shane Maloney

Correspondence

Michael Bourchier

Andrew P Samuel

miscellaneous

Site Highlights

Lord Monckton and the Future of Australian Media

Divided We Fall

The Beat Goes On

Angry Boys

Hot This Week

Recommended

POLITICS: Human Rights (186); Racism (92); Australian Politics (88); Feminism (88); Robert Manne (68); Obama (56); Islam (52); American Politics (48); Censorship (44); Multiculturalism (39); Consumerism (36); Pokies (30); Stolen Generations (28); Childcare (26); Freedom of Speech (26); Prime Ministers (20); Political Parties (19); Liberalism (18); Social Justice (18); History of Australia (18); Germaine Greer (17); Waleed Aly (17); Gay Marriage (16)

SOCIETY: Australian History (108); Travel (98); Ethics (68); Asylum Seekers (56); Lawyers (52); Gender (51); Neuroscience (50); Anthropology (45); Capitalism (45); Sexuality (45); Aboriginal People (41); Facebook (30); Australian Society (30); Scholars (29); Homosexuality (24); Muslim (23); Clive Hamilton (23); Decision-making (22); Sociology (22); Alice Springs (21); Gambling (20); 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 (77); Library (64); Comedy (58); Musicians (56); Opera (53); Football (50); Dance (47); Architecture (38); Philosophy (34); Short Stories (30); Autobiography (24); 20 Australian Masterpieces (22); Cooking (21); Modern Masterpieces (20); Aussie Masterpieces (20); Top 20 Arts Masterpieces (20); Arts Masterpieces (20); Art (19); Australian Film (19); Jazz (18); Directors (16)

WORLD: China (199); Iraq (114); India (64); Ireland (62); Afghanistan (60); World economy (60); England (58); Britain (54); Middle East (54); France (53); Asia (51); New York City (50); Africa (46); Barack Obama (46); New Zealand (42); Egypt (41); Foreign Policy (41); Pakistan (39); World War II (38); Germany (37); New York Times (36); George W Bush (34); Indonesia (34); Italy (34); Russia (33); Eurozone (31); Iran (30); Terrorism (29); European Union (28); California (27); Aid (26); United Nations (26); East Timor (24); Taliban (23); Israel (22); Communism (22); Libya (22); Egyptian revolution (21); Beijing (19); American Military (16); Thailand (16); Nuclear power (16); Greece (16); Libyan uprising (16)

ENVIRONMENT: Climate Change (266); Nuclear (142); Energy (116); Drought (76); Global Warming (57); Sustainability (46); Tasmania (43); Dogs (42); ETS (26); Amazon (24); Carbon dioxide (24); Conservation (22); Rainforest (20); Emissions trading (20); Carbon tax (17); Water crisis (16); Carbon emissions (16); Nuclear Energy (16); Ecology (16); Horses (16)

ECONOMICS: Business (152); Australian Economy (77); The Global Financial Crisis (66); European debt (41); Wall Street (39); 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 (55); Rupert Murdoch (46); Radio National (40); Quarterly Essay (37); Fairfax (33); News Corporation (31); Google (29); Wikileaks (27); Social Media (25); News Limited (24); Communications (23); Twitter (23); Assange (22); Guardian (21); Phone-hacking scandal (21); Julian Assange (18); Crikey (16); The Australian newspaper (16)

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Brain (71); Drugs (56); Psychology (41); Evolution (32); Biology (27); Genetics (21); Disease (19); Flu (17)