The Monthly, February 2012, No. 75 | The Monthly

The Monthly, February 2012, No. 75

In This Issue

February 2012 in brief

The Nation Reviewed

Comment: Address to the US President

The Art of Ideas

by Amanda Lohrey

The Beat Goes On

by Sonya Hartnett

The Looks Department

by Tanveer Ahmed

Long in the Tooth

by Paola Totaro

The Monthly Essays

Divided We Fall

by Sally Neighbour

So Who the Bloody Hell Are You?

The Elephant in the Room

by Michael Wesley

by Sebastian Strangio

Arts & Letters

The Bride Wore Black

by Christos Tsiolkas

Philosophic Emissions

by Peter Singer

The Politics of News

'The Chemistry of Tears' By Peter Carey

by Jennifer Byrne

'Outland' by Kevin Carlin

by Benjamin Law

Encounters

Fred Schepisi & Vladimir Putin

by Shane Maloney

Correspondence

Senator Brett Mason

Glenn Sutherland

Margaret Johnson

miscellaneous

Site Highlights

The Tyranny of Affluence. George Megalogenis and Geoffrey Blainey

The Tyranny of Affluence. George Megalogenis and Geoffrey Blainey

What Gina Wants

The Insult

Autumn of the Patriarch

Hot This Week

Recommended

POLITICS: Human Rights (200); Australian Politics (119); Feminism (98); Racism (94); Robert Manne (71); Islam (60); Obama (60); American Politics (58); Censorship (48); Multiculturalism (39); Consumerism (36); Pokies (30); Stolen Generations (28); Childcare (28); Freedom of Speech (26); Prime Ministers (22); History of Australia (19); Political Parties (19); Social Justice (18); Liberalism (18); Gay Marriage (18); Germaine Greer (17); Waleed Aly (17); Kitsch (16); Indigenous Rights (16)

SOCIETY: Australian History (112); Travel (99); Ethics (69); Neuroscience (66); Asylum Seekers (56); Lawyers (52); Gender (52); Anthropology (46); Capitalism (46); Sexuality (45); Aboriginal People (42); Facebook (36); Australian Society (32); Homosexuality (30); Scholars (30); Muslim (26); Neuropsychology (26); Historians (24); Gambling (23); Clive Hamilton (23); Sociology (23); Health (23); Decision-making (22); Alice Springs (21); Parenting (19); State Library of Victoria (18); Climate change denialism (17); Conservatism (17); AFL (16)

CULTURE: Literature (152); Fiction (145); Hollywood (112); Photography (111); Memoir (108); Arts (94); Biography (88); Painting (84); Comedy (63); Musicians (58); Dance (54); Philosophy (50); Architecture (48); Short Stories (31); Art (25); Cooking (24); Autobiography (24); 20 Australian Masterpieces (22); Jazz (21); Film (20); Modern Masterpieces (20); Top 20 Arts Masterpieces (20); Arts Masterpieces (20); Aussie Masterpieces (20); Australian Film (19); Directors (16)

WORLD: China (213); Iraq (115); Afghanistan (70); India (69); Ireland (68); Britain (60); World economy (60); Middle East (55); Asia (54); Africa (54); Barack Obama (52); New York City (50); Egypt (45); New Zealand (44); Pakistan (44); Russia (42); World War II (42); Foreign Policy (42); Indonesia (37); Iran (37); Eurozone (37); New York Times (37); Italy (36); European Union (34); George W Bush (34); Japan (33); Terrorism (32); United Nations (28); Greece (28); East Timor (26); Taliban (25); Libya (25); Israel (23); Arab Spring (23); Communism (22); Egyptian revolution (22); Beijing (19); American Military (18); Syria (18); Thailand (17); Russian politics (17); News International (17); Peak oil (16); Libyan uprising (16); Saudi Arabia (16); Nuclear power (16)

ENVIRONMENT: Climate Change (275); Nuclear (146); Drought (78); Global Warming (58); Sustainability (46); Tasmania (44); ETS (28); Carbon dioxide (26); Amazon (24); Conservation (24); Rainforest (20); Emissions trading (20); Carbon tax (17); Carbon emissions (17); Floods (16); Ecology (16); Nuclear Energy (16); Water crisis (16)

ECONOMICS: Business (154); Australian Economy (78); The Global Financial Crisis (68); European debt (55); Finance (40); Wall Street (39); Globalisation (37); Global Financial Crisis (37); Global finance (36); Recession (27); Unemployment (20); Food Production (20); Population growth (17); Stock Market (16)

MEDIA: ABC (108); Journalism (94); Australian Media (57); Rupert Murdoch (55); Radio National (41); Quarterly Essay (40); News Corporation (36); Fairfax (35); Google (33); Wikileaks (28); News Limited (26); Twitter (25); Social Media (25); Communications (23); Assange (23); Guardian (23); Phone-hacking scandal (22); Julian Assange (19); The Australian newspaper (18); Crikey (17)

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Drugs (64); Psychology (45); Evolution (33); Biology (28); Disease (22); Genetics (21); Flu (17)