The Monthly, February 2009, No. 42 | The Monthly

The Monthly, February 2009, No. 42

In This Issue

February 2009 in brief

The Nation Reviewed

by John van Tiggelen

by Cate Kennedy

Looking Sheepish

The Monthly Essays

The Global Financial Crisis

Gone with the Wind

by Peter Conrad

Boxing for Palm Island

by Chloe Hooper

Arts & Letters

The Comeback Kid

by Gideon Haigh

Unhappy Families

by Craig Sherborne

by Robert Forster

by Daniel Thomas

'Outliers: The Story of Success' by Malcolm Gladwell

'The Life You Can Save: Acting Now to End World Poverty' by Peter Singer

by Chris Middendorp

Encounters

Helena Rubinstein & the Merino

by Shane Maloney

Correspondence

David Morrissey

Leeanne Zamagias

Russell Edwards

miscellaneous

Site Highlights

Divided We Fall

The Beat Goes On

Comment: Address to the US President

Angry Boys

Hot This Week

Recommended

POLITICS: Human Rights (186); Racism (92); Feminism (88); Australian Politics (87); Robert Manne (67); Obama (56); Islam (52); American Politics (46); Censorship (44); Multiculturalism (39); Consumerism (36); Pokies (30); Stolen Generations (28); Childcare (26); Freedom of Speech (26); Prime Ministers (20); Political Parties (19); History of Australia (18); Liberalism (18); Social Justice (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 (48); Capitalism (45); Anthropology (45); Sexuality (45); Aboriginal People (41); Australian Society (30); Facebook (30); Scholars (29); Clive Hamilton (23); Muslim (23); Sociology (22); Homosexuality (22); Decision-making (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); Painting (79); Photography (78); 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 (198); 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 (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); Eurozone (31); Russia (31); Terrorism (29); Iran (29); California (27); European Union (27); Aid (26); United Nations (26); East Timor (24); Taliban (23); Communism (22); Israel (22); Libya (22); Egyptian revolution (21); Beijing (19); Libyan uprising (16); Nuclear power (16); Greece (16); Thailand (16); American Military (16)

ENVIRONMENT: Climate Change (265); Nuclear (142); Energy (115); 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); Horses (16); Water crisis (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 (101); 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)