Despite that win, Democrats seem more discontented with the deal than Republicans
August, 2011
Online censorship: no sex please, we’re Facebook
Facebook’s puzzling censorship standards have come under fire again after the site took down numerous artistic images containing nudity and group pages addressing sex and sexuality. Katie Weiss reports.
Press Council shakes ‘poodle’ tag with new suicide reporting standard
The new suicide standard will lead to some changes in standard newsroom practice, where for years the general rule has been that suicides are not reported at all.
More answers needed in the Lockyer Valley
The finding that the Lockyer Valley Regional Council is not responsible for the deaths in the devastating Queensland floods of January has left some residents distraught, writes Amanda Gearing.
Stutchbury, Quiggin and the fallout from the ‘recession of 2009′
Economists in glass houses ought to be careful when accusing others of bias …
Rate rise: savers and borrowers have their fingers crossed
At 2.30pm today we discover whether the headline variable mortgage rate in Australia advances from 7.8% to 8.05%, writes Christopher Joye.
What if a newspaper died and nobody cared?
So commodified is the news business that from a consumers’ perspective, a closed newspaper is more like a brand of chewing gum that’s disappeared, to be easily substituted for another brand, writes Jonathon Oake, of blog The Spongeist.
How computer games became a spectator sport
For the first time, more people are watching a computer game instead of playing it, writes Luke Miller. That game is StarCraft II, released 12 months ago this week, and it has taken the burgeoning field of e-sports to a new level.
Maley: from triple-A to double-dip in America
As the US raced to finalise its budget deal that would prevent debt default, investors fretted that not enough had been done to ensure that it retained its triple-A rating, writes Karen Maley, of Business Spectator.
Morning Market Report: Interest rates to hold as markets close down on US debt deal
The debt deal was described by one Nobel laureate Professor as a disaster for a depressed economy and former Russian PM Vladimir Putin accused the US of living beyond its means and being a parasite on the global economy.
Daily Proposition: see Bruce Beresford’s living opera
Having big-time veteran Australian film director Bruce Beresford at the directorial helm piqued my interest in the opera Of Mice And Men, writes Lloyd Bradford Syke.
Media briefs: Jones v Media Watch … emails deleted in NotW scandal …
Who watches Media Watch? More Sydney viewers than listen to Alan Jones. Plus, the front page of the day and other media news.
Video of the Day: Gabby Giffords returns to the House
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head in an apparent assassination attempt in January, returns to the House to vote on the debt-ceiling bill. Speaker Nancy Pelosi gives a warm welcome to Giffords, calling her “the personification of courage”.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
ETU internal strife. A union insider writes: “The Victorian Electrical Trades Union elections are heating up with incumbent Dean Mighell feeling the pressure from a challenge from current ETU national assistant secretary John Ingram and two ex-Victorian officials David Mier and Paul Coffey. Mighell is fighting against ETU branches in NSW, Queensland, Tasmania and South […]
Vintage First Dog: They’re here! The racist ham eating muslins have arrived!
Today’s cartoon is from 29 March 2010.
Crikey Says: James Murdoch, remixed
Last week James Murdoch was endorsed by the board of BSkyB to stay on as the broadcaster’s chairman.
theatre reviews 
Of Mice And Men, Sydney
Having big-time veteran Australian film director Bruce Beresford at the directorial helm of opera Of Mice and Men piqued the interest of Lloyd Bradford Syke.
What if IT IS a bomb in someone’s underpants?
The latest distraction in the airport security circus came to town this morning with the launch of a three week trial of a G rated full body scanner at Sydney’s international terminal, writes Ben Sandilands.
What about the ethics of climate change reporting?
Confirming News Limited’s journalists’ familiarity with the corporation’s code of ethics is all well and good, it’s the ethics themselves, when it comes to climate change reporting, that worries Matthia Dempsey.
Tiger will change its stripes
Tiger Airways will have a new Australian CEO within about a month, and possibly a new name to go with it, reports Ben Sandilands.
