Hate waves nothing new in America

THE NEW HATE: A history of fear and loathing on the populist right. By Arthur Goldwag, Scribe, 368pp Reviewed: 10 March 2012 Recently I’ve noticed more Australians voicing their disgust at the verbal violence and personal nastiness that pervade our

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Newsgames – The News that’s Fit to Play

NEWSGAMES: Journalism at Play by Ian Bogost, Simon Ferrari and Bobby Shweizer MIT Press. 235pp. Reviewed: 27 August 2011 Today is always a good time to review the function and practice of journalism – the word itself implies daily update

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Eyewitnesses to Afghanistan’s Infernal Politics

CABLES FROM KABUL The Inside Story of the West’s Afghanistan Campaign. By Sherard Cowper-Coles. Harper Press.312pp. INFERNAL TRIANGLE Conflict in Iraq, Afghanistan and The Levant – Eyewitness reports from the September 11 decade. By Paul McGeough. Allen and Unwin. 338pp.

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