Iraq War
10 Oct 2008
No End in Sight
In an extract from his latest book, The War Within, Bob Woodward charts the Bush Administration's disastrous realisation that its military strategy in Iraq was not working
Activism
10 Oct 2008
Save Us From Our Timid Selves
We should not be fighting against global warming, argues Peter Lewis, but for a society that manages the challenges of a warmer world in smarter ways
Satire
9 Oct 2008
Uncle Sam is Waist Deep in the Big Muddy
Our big brother across the Pacific has lost its way and needs our help, writes Ben Pobjie. Ask not what the United States can do for you...
The newmatilda.com prize for political cartooning.
The winner of heat 8 is Andrew Weldon. This week is the final week of heats in our online political cartoon competition
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Gordon Brown's decision to partially nationalise British banks has many Brits wondering whether they should start relearning the words to the Internationale, writes Tim Soutphommasane from London
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But the former Chairman of the Fed has not lost faith in market capitalism
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Interest rates aren't the only economic indicators that are falling. Try stock prices, housing value and consumer confidence, writes Ben Eltham
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The more games they played, the worse it got. Now the fans are hurting out there, and it's not just a hangover
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Daniel Fitzgerald has been hustled in over 31 countries on four continents and can safely say that if hustling were an Olympic sport, Cuba would dominate the dais
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The rejection of the US$700 billion bailout overnight was a win for democracy but a disaster for free-market capitalism, writes Ben Eltham
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Ben Pobjie is friends with many taxpayers. And he's angry they will have to foot the bill for the indolent and fertile
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The defeat of a euthanasia bill in the Victorian Parliament leaves people caring for terminally ill patients feeling as useless as tits on a bull, writes Helen Smith
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Many types of renewable energy are fast becoming mainstream. Now meet some that aren't – yet
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Radical Zionists made gains under Ehud Olmert, but their actions are pushing Israel towards catastrophe. The new Prime Minister must stop the settlers, writes Antony Loewenstein
