The Monthly, June 2008, No. 35 | The Monthly

The Monthly, June 2008, No. 35

In This Issue

June 2008 in brief

The Nation Reviewed

by Judith Brett

by Cate Kennedy

The Charm of a Charm

by Craig Sherborne

Franchise Nation

The Monthly Essays

Agent of Influence

by Robert Manne

Wilfred Burchett booklist

by Robert Manne

by Robyn Davidson

Arts & Letters

Sing Out Loud, Sing Out Strong

by Peter Craven

The Banjo Is the New Stratocaster

by Robert Forster

The Bigger Devil

by Tony Clifton

And You Can Too

by Gideon Haigh

Such Desirable Objects

‘Big Love’, Season 2, SBS Television

by James Bradley

‘The Boat’ by Nam Le

Encounters

Nana Mouskouri & Frank Hardy

by Shane Maloney

Correspondence

Margaret Merrilees

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)