The Monthly, August 2007, No. 26 | The Monthly

The Monthly, August 2007, No. 26

In This Issue

August 2007 in brief

The Nation Reviewed

by Raimond Gaita

Throwing the Book

by Gideon Haigh

by Nicholas Brudenell

Live Long and Prosper

by Christopher Scanlon

The Monthly Essays

Pearson’s Gamble, Stanner’s Dream

by Robert Manne

A Husk of Meaning

by Drusilla Modjeska

Arts & Letters

by Craig Sherborne

by Anna Goldsworthy

Songs of Innocence and Experience

The Velvet Shackles of a Reputation

The Nymph Calypso

Embers Re-Flamed

by Robert Forster

Encounters

Arthur Calwell & Peter Kocan

by Shane Maloney

Correspondence

Patrick McCauley

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)