Charles Richardson
Psephologist and writer
Charles Richardson has contributed to Crikey since 2002, and was a ministerial adviser in the Kennett government and a former editorial manager at the Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney.
ALP Senator-turned-pundit John Black made an unforgivable leap of logic in his hatchet job on the Greens in The Weekend Australian.
Trying to control porn is a hopeless task, as futile and as foolish as Steve Jobs' efforts to keep the stuff off his latest new shiny thing. People enjoy sex, and enjoy watching it.
The fact that some members of the aid convoy had been filmed singing pro-Hamas songs is being treated in all seriousness as a justification for killing them.
It will surely be one of the top ten stories of the year - piracy and massacre in the Mediterranean - but what got the big headline in this yesterday's Australian? An opinion poll, writes Charles Richardson.
Two elections held at the weekend provide an interesting angle on how democracies respond to crisis. The first, in the Czech Republic, the second, over in Colombia.
No Labor government in this cycle has won its fourth-term election without some anxiety. At this stage, the odds must favor Victoria going the same way, but the contest is still open.
Malcolm Fraser can be blamed for many things, but he cannot be blamed for feeling out of place in today's Liberal Party.
Britain's Labour Party is engaged in the search for a new leader, with the Iraq War set to be a decisive issue. Will it destroy any chance for hopeful David Miliband?
Britain's new Liberal-Conservative coalition government seems determined to hit the ground running and they are promising constitutional reform. What do they have planned?
Americans voted overnight in primary elections in four states and one congressional by-election, and this morning as results come in they are being eagerly watched for pointers to the likely direction of mid-term elections in November.
