The Monthly, May 2008, No. 34 | The Monthly

The Monthly, May 2008, No. 34

In This Issue

May 2008 in brief

The Nation Reviewed

by Robert Manne

Razor-Gang Blues

by Gideon Haigh

by Robyn Davidson

Lies, Damned Lies

by Charles Firth

The Monthly Essays

by Noel Pearson

Not All Black & White

by Craig Sherborne

Arts & Letters

John Button, 1933–2008

by James Button

In the Giant Green Cathedral

by Malcolm Knox

by Robert Forster

by Julian Cribb

‘The Story of Forgetting’ by Stefan Merrill Block

‘Miracles of Life’ by JG Ballard

by Chris Womersley

Encounters

Sir Henry Parkes & Henry Lawson

by Shane Maloney

Correspondence

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)