CONTENTS OF PRINT ISSUE - JAN-FEB 2002
COMMENT
4 Michele M. Gierck Letter to a tank commander
SNAPSHOT
6 Director's cut, answered prayers, prizes, rights, refugees and new archbishops.
LETTERS
8 Philip Mendes, John East
THE MONTH'S TRAFFIC
10 Margaret Coffey In memoriam: Herb Feith
11 Bill Thomas Tiger attack
13 John Sendy Batting average
14 Andrew Hamilton Thérèse's things
14 Philip Harvey In a word
COLUMNS
7 Capital Letter
Jack Waterford Dividing the spoils
12 Summa Theologiae
Andrew Hamilton Ordinary happiness
20 By the Way
Brian Matthews Dad's army
25 Archimedes
Tim Thwaites The colt we may regret
50 Watching Brief
Juliette Hughes Rings and changes
FEATURES
16 Where are we now?
Robert Manne gave some national co-ordinates at the Eureka Street
dinner.
21 The new breed
Peter Browne profiles Peter Andren.
24 Rights roughed
When the going gets tough, governments ride over human rights, argues
Moira Rayner.
31 The law of words
Steven Columbus looks at refugee rhetoric, government legislation
and the UN Convention.
COVER STORY
26 Transitions I
East Timor in progress: photo essay by Michael Coyne.
27 Transitions II
Refugee lawyer Martin Clutterbuck turns storyteller.
BOOKS
33 Catholic identity and the abortion debate
Tony Coady reviews Dombrowski and Deltete.
38 The short list
Reviews of the books In Fear of Security; Taliban; September 11; Religion
and Culture in Asia Pacific; Jesus and the Gods of the New Age and
Bowling Alone.
39 Party profiles
John Button reviews Liberalism and the Australian Federation
and True Believers.
41 Games we play
Michael McGirr takes a punt with The Best Ever Australian Sports
Writing and Local Rites.
43 Sound Winton
Juliette Hughes sings along with Tim Winton's Dirt Music.
44 The writing of wisdom
John Sendy reads the letters of Henry Handel Richardson.
45 Ripe pickings
Hugh Dillon samples the latest collection of essays from Clive
James.
46 The dark gent
Robert Phiddian reviews Katherine Duncan-Jones' Ungentle Shakespeare.
FLASH IN THE PAN
48 Reviews of the films The Golden Bowl; Harry Potter and the Philosopher's
Stone; Beijing Bicycle; Monsoon Wedding and The Score.
SPECIFIC LEVITY
51 Joan Nowotny Cryptic crossword
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