May 1, 2016
Canon fodder
Culture
An interview with Jonathan Franzen
Richard Cooke
By this author
February 25, 2016
A tissue of lies: Paul Sheehan and “Louise”
blog
The most perfunctory of checks would have shown Paul Sheehan’s allegations were almost certainly untrue. But he couldn’t help himself.
February 16, 2016
Drugs are bad (part 2)
blog
Panic about drugs has little to do with safety and a lot to do with moral prejudice
February 4, 2016
Echolalia (part 1)
blog
The war on drugs can’t be ended by logic, statistics or facts, because it’s not about drugs
January 28, 2016
The cult of the arsehole
blog
Australia should have a long, hard think about the kind of people we prioritise
December 1, 2015
Between the lines
Culture
Making sense of the adult colouring craze
November 19, 2015
Bolted down
Today
Andrew Bolt’s anti-racism campaign isn’t going so well
November 16, 2015
Ne plus ultra
Today
The ISIS attack on Paris can’t be shoehorned into existing narratives
November 12, 2015
Making progress
Today
A failure to differentiate itself from the Liberals has left the ALP with little to sell
November 9, 2015
A mature debate
Today
Any argument will do when it comes to raising the GST
November 5, 2015
Stuck in flypaper
Today
Australia has never come to terms with its role in the Iraq War. It doesn’t look like that’s going to change.
November 2, 2015
The small time
Today
Thinking globally has to mean more than shipping refugees to Kyrgyzstan