Blunt Instrument
Howard would fix this mess (I can't believe I just wrote that)
John Birmingham It's a small, overlooked tragedy of the scandal currently swirling around Pakistan's cricket team, that bringing the game into disrepute there is of much greater consequence than it would be here, or ...
The Vulture
Matthew Newton, the Trotsky of Australian showbiz
Karl Quinn Matthew Newton has become the Trotsky of Australian showbiz, his image carefully airbrushed from history. He was the structuring absence on Tracy Grimshaw's remarkable interview with Bert and Patti ...
The Religious Write
The boot changes feet - but still crushes
Barney Zwartz The stultifying orthodoxy that binds the spirit, limits the imagination and demands conformity has moved from religion to atheism,
Pinch of Basil
Cousins - it's all relative...
Basil Hegazi So was Ben Cousins just a noughties update of 'Geoff Hayward', the gun recruit in the 1970s film
Econogirl
Households hold key to economic recovery
Jessica Irvine Everything you need to know about today's quarterly health check on the economy is reflected in the graph below. It's the money shot, so to speak.
The Bishop's Gambit
Putting the national interest first
Julie Bishop In the first week of next month, the nations of the Pacific Islands Forum will meet in Vanuatu.
Balls
Why everyone else is wrong about the World Cup final
Dan Silkstone Journalism, they say, is the first draft of history but the second and third drafts follow soon after.
EpisOdes
The genius of the Australian people
Michael Epis
The Australian people got it right again - as it has been said, they always do. The leaders would not lead - so the voters would not elect. Brilliant.
WorldView
Terms like jihadist terrorism are dangerous
Daniel Flitton Kevin Rudd has failed to learn the old wartime truism — ‘‘loose lips sink ships’’.
Chutzpah
Exploiting the Holocaust
Dvir Abramovich It’s a no-brainer. A sure-fire way to get publicity for a book, TV series, work of art or film is to exploit the Holocaust.
The Economic Brumby
Bonfire of the reputations
Martin Feil In 40 years I have never seen an orchestrated campaign by an industry against the federal government that matches the ferocity of the present mining industry campaign against the Rudd ...
The Airport Economist
MySchool's role in advancing Australia
Tim Harcourt Remember Al Grassby, the colourful immigration minister in the Whitlam government?
Modern Times
All suck up to the 3 amigos
Lawrence Money My name is Tony Katt-shott, rock-star Independent, and here is my final wish list before we indies choose a new Australian government for you voters.
Groucho
Once and future king of jargon
Michael Shmith What a pleasure it was the other night to witness Barack Obama talking to Kerry O'Brien.
Rocco Blog-Go
The Performers
Rocco Fazzari 10:31am Peter Hartcher’s column eloquently confirms what the rest of ...
The Razor's Edge
Change for the good
Lindsay Tanner Reform is a strange word. Everyone's in favour of it, except when it's being done to them.
The Small Print
Towards an artless society
Andrew Dyson An Australia Council survey, waggishly entitled "More than Bums on Seats", has revealed that a healthy 30 per cent of Australians still believe the arts are elitist.
