How Mad Men brings peace to the culture warsCult TV show Mad Men focuses on a highly contentious time in American history: the early 60s, post Happy Days and pre free love. It’s a good antidote for the anti-60s — and its sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll — crew.
Culture wars
Bartlett: Are the Libs turning into the Tea Party?
The Coalition has turned into a force that disagrees with everything for the sake of it, no matter how mundane, and it’s destroying the government’s ability to form public policy, writes Andrew Bartlett.
God and Aborigines under Abbott
The “Welcome to Country” skirmish was a call to Howard’s lost battlers: voters who deserted the Coalition for Labor at the last election, writes Dr Leslie Cannold.
Getting back to basics or ignoring the key issues?
After years of individual state curriculums for school, the first national curriculum has been released for public discussion. How does the new curriculum hold up? Is the ‘back to basics’ attitude a positive one or an oversimplification?
The new culture wars: Melbourne vs Brisbane, pincers Sydney
Battle lines are drawn in the fight for domestic cultural tourism with Melbourne and Brisbane going mano a mano to attract visitors, writes Ned Keene.
Conservative heroines: must be pretty and enrage liberals
Clare Werbeloff is Australian for Sarah Palin … well almost.
Deconstructing Blair’s law
Daily Telegraph Opinion Editor Tim Blair is very proud of his eponymous “law”, which essentially says all Leftists are confused idiots who mindlessly support idiotic causes.
The Oz dons its fatigues, re-ignites the culture wars
The Australian is frothing at the mouth at the appointment of Stuart McIntryre to the National Cirriculum Board. Not an entirely surprising development, writes Overland editor Jeff Sparrow.
