July 2008: Homer's Presence in Australian Literature
Dr. George Kanarakis
Australia or Terra Australis (land of the southern wind), a country of about 7.7 million square kilometres, the only one on the planet which is also a continent …  more

May 2008: Examining Culture & Popular Culture In History — The Scholarship & Legacy of Lawrence W. Levine
Michael Dale
The terms culture and, in particular, popular culture, are open to such a broad range of interpretations that any authoritative definition of them has largely proven to be elusive …  more

June 2008: The 'Preliminary Proclamation'
JJ Horton
When one hears the term "slave" in the west, the notion — a caricature, essentiall — of a dark-skinned African comes to mind …  more

June 2008: Of The Boston Celtics And A Grandmother's Orders
Evan Kanarakis
It's a difficult thing for me to explain to others, this obsession I have for the Boston  …  more

September 2008: One Love — Diary Of A Zimbabwean Immigrant In England
Farai-Dari Munharira
It was Saturday morning and the twilight of the rising sun hit my eyes causing me to have a reflex action as I woke up and tried to figure out what was going on …  more

January 2008: The Genesis Myth And Elaine Pagel's Adam, Eve & The Serpent
Lucinda Fellows
There’s no real quantifiable means by which to assess the last eight years of the Bush The traditional understanding we have of the Genesis story in the Old Testament of the Bible consists primarily of the creation of the world in six days …  more

February 2008: Why I Don't Support The Troops
Jordan Richardson
As I write this, I?m bracing myself for the catastrophe that could result of someone actually reading these words … more

March 2008: Standards
Andrew Coorey
You see the unemployment rate
You see it shrink and think it great …  more

May 2008: Ezy Reading - Why America Needs A President Barack Obama
Evan Kanarakis
While at the time of publication it has become increasingly apparent that, pending any catastrophic revelations, Barack Obama  … more

June 2008: Old Glory Wings To Glory On The Beach
Brian Swartz
If Lloyd Bertaud had not successfully obtained a court injunction, he might never had visited Old Orchard Beach in Maine … more

July 2008: Four Wheels Bad, Two Wheels Good
Ben Cattell
Let?s see how you?re going so far:
I. You are more or less penniless
II. You have bleak career prospects
III. You are now at an age where this is no longer raffish and charming … more

August 2008: Welcome To Weirdsville: The WIzard Of War
M. Christian
Jasper Maskelyne wanted to help. "You want to do WHAT?" said the British Army … more