May 2008

May 2008

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Barack Obama speaks at American University. © Flickr/Will White

International politics

Obama!

By Noel Pearson

What he must do to win

Not all black & white

International politics

Not all black & white

By Craig Sherborne

Inside New Zealand’s social laboratory

Anzac Day match, April 2010. © Gavin Anderson/Flickr

History

Digging

By Don Watson

A moral equivalent to Anzac Day

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Illustration by Jeff Fisher.
Illustration by Jeff Fisher.
Illustration by Jeff Fisher.

Religion and ethics

Hiraeth

By Toni Jordan

Illustration by Jeff Fisher.
Illustration by Jeff Fisher.

Arts & Letters  Right arrow

John Button, 1933–2008
In the giant green cathedral

In the giant green cathedral

By Malcolm Knox

Tim Winton’s ‘Breath & surf writing’

The uncorking

The uncorking

By Robert Forster

Mark Seymour’s ‘Thirteen Tonne Theory’

Committed

Committed

By Julian Cribb

JEN Veron’s ‘A Reef in Time’

Unbridled

Unbridled

By Luke Davies

Laurent Tirard’s ‘Molière’

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Encounters  Right arrow
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Shane Maloney and Chris Grosz
Words: Shane Maloney | Illustration: Chris Grosz
May 2008

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