July 2005 in brief

Image Caption: Cover: July 2005

Robert Manne in "Murdoch's War": how a lovestruck teenager, an angry young man and an ambitious press baron made sure bad news was no news on the path to Iraq.

Tony Clifton in "Field of Dreams": the battle for the Timor Sea, home of oil, gas, hot air and hope.

Linda Jaivin in "From Boho to Poho": plaques and decay ... can Kings Cross survive a $30 million facelift?

Kerryn Goldsworthy in "There are No Limits, Love": Graham Kennedy was a perfectionist, a subversive pre-feminist, a rebel without any trousers on.

Clive James in "Renegade at the Lectern": John Anderson, Australia's national philosopher.

Helen Garner reviews Jonathan Caouette's Tarnation.

Plus, Malcolm Knox on the Ashes series and our colonial inferiority complex, Nicholas Shakespeare's spellbinding new short story, John Birmingham on the second-handsomest man in federal parliament, Celina Ribeiro on the new breed of hip young Christians, and much more.

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Restructuring the economy to emit less carbon. Grattan Institute

Peter Singer in conversation with Louise Adler: The life you can save

How To Stop the Boats. Khalid Koser

Gains and Losses From the Information Explosion. Daniel Dennett

The Next Wave of Innovation. James Moody

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