March 13, 2015
Toughen up, princess
blog
Why is Mark Latham so obsessed with mental illness?
Richard Cooke
By this author
February 13, 2015
A double disillusion election – part two
blog
In other countries, voters disenchanted by their options simply stop voting. While both opinion polls and a rising number of informal votes show that many Australians would like to throw up their hands, they’re instead compelled to visit the ballot …
March 1, 2015
‘Chasing the Scream’ by Johann Hari
Culture
Bloomsbury; $29.99
February 2, 2015
A double disillusion election – part one
blog
Tony Abbott is the symptom, not the cause of the Coalition’s woes
November 1, 2014
Much obliged
Taxation
The poor face onerous rules while rich corporations avoid tax with impunity
October 1, 2014
‘The Political Bubble’ by Mark Latham
Books
Macmillan Australia; $32.99
September 1, 2014
Airwave wars
Sydney's CB radio scene is a battlefield
June 1, 2014
The people versus the political class
essay
The distance between us and our rulers is getting bigger
December 20, 2013
Let’s stop pretending the Liberal Party believes in free speech
blog
You'd need a heart of stone not to laugh at right-wing think-tanker Tim Wilson becoming a Human Rights Commissioner. Whatever the merits of his appointment, it’s an ace piece of industrial strength trolling by George Brandis, parachuting a culture warrior …
December 1, 2013
Credit Julia?
Feminism
Rewriting the Gillard years
October 11, 2013
The Tea Party takes its medicine
blog
For the other countries of the first world, a US government shutdown is a real curiosity. It might even be exciting, if it wasn’t for the consequences. We all have political problems, but only America deals with them by becoming Somalia for a while. …
October 1, 2013
What Labor hasn’t learnt
nation_reviewed
The delusion continues post-election
September 19, 2013
A cabinet of sausages
blog
I once asked a right-wing poet (they exist) about the pitifully low number of female contributors published by conservative magazines. Why was it so? In response he took me on a long tour of the weak excuse department, trying everything from the historical …