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The Australian national football team has played and won its first game in a World Cup for 32 years. Not for nothing did Kofi Annan remark recently that he wished the UN could bring people together so effectively, and in such good spirits.
It is a minor paradox of war that in film clips, the politicians and generals who confer about present wars seem larger than life, whereas in the footage of past wars they look shrivelled—diminished by the destruction they have abetted.
In America, the political scientists are trying to attract the NASCAR dads—the sort of guys who are fans of racing cars. ‘NASCAR dads’ was once used to describe small-town and rural men.
Gabriel Smith salutes Steve Waugh.
Poem by Brendan Ryan
Democracy in South Africa
Reviews of the films Monster, The Cat in the Hat, The Barbarian Invasions, and Capturing the Friedmans.
Contemporary cricketers think little of dropping the ball at their feet and setting off for a run. Graeme Wood, a pioneer in this practice, was misunderstood by team mates and a cricket loving nation.
Michele Gierck observes how education programs in Kenya are restoring hope for AIDS victims.
Reviews of Carry Me Down, Great Australian Racing Stories, The Story of Christianity and Macquarie Atlas of Indigenous Australia
Jessica Gadd interviews Dr Nouria Salehi about the rights of Afghan women.
The view from Spain
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