September 2009 Volume LIII, No. 9

By the Nerds, For the Nerds

David Alexander
Death and the Poets
Roger Sandall
The Draw
Sebastian Schloessingk
The Shadow of Barbarism
David Free
Man of Film
Neil McDonald
Driving Home
David Chandler

Art

Not Just America

Patricia Anderson

Books

Duped and Self-Duped

Patrick Morgan

Views of Darwin

James Franklin

Believing in Cliches

Hal Colebatch

Culture

Defence

The Manchurian Paradox

Michael Evans

Environment

That Aching Void

John Izzard

Fiction

The Confirmation

Stephen Orr

How Verona Got Its Name

Jennifer Compton

In Loving Memory

Ann Howard

Film

Man of Film

Neil McDonald

First Person

Short Takes VI

Alan Gould

Constructing a Parliament

Michael O’Connor

History

Rogue History

Michael Connor

Conversations with Djilas

Desmond O'Grady

Journalism

The Future of Journalism

Stephen Quinn

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Bill Harcourt, Howard Hutchins, Neil James, JohnTwyford, Mike Rathbone, Peter Fagan, Mark O'Connor

Literature

Death and the Poets

Roger Sandall

Obituary

Philosophy and Ideas

Politics

By the Nerds, For the Nerds

David Alexander

Society

Human Rights and the Unborn

Angela Shanahan

Tribute

Frank Devine as Essayist

Keith Windschuttle

Poetry

The Draw

Sebastian Schloessingk

Driving Home

David Chandler

Jeogla Return; Birdsongs

Peter Skrzynecki

Three Birdsongs

Bert Almon

Coal

Mark Lewis

Poem

David Chandler

Dog and Kangaroo; Slug

Janine Fraser

Separate Sightings

Sebastian Schloessingk

Victors’ Justice

Peter Kocan

The Obama Urbanelle

Andrew Slattery

In Memoriam A.K.; Memo

Shane McCauley

Triptych

Peter Skrzynecki

Watermelon

Janine Fraser

Unfinished Symphony

Bert Almon