Most Australians believe that those who damaged the detention centres are asylum-seekers. Then why among those involved in the Villawood arson attack was there a Pom and a Spaniard? Will someone tell us the truth.
Con Vaitsas
Ashbury, NSW Letter in the Australian 3/01/03

News Flash: First to be charged Villawood arson attack was a Scot. (AAP)

Political Exiles Political Prisoners

A leading political prisoner's release made headlines this week, but China's beleaguered dissidents still don't get a serious hearing in Washington or other centers of power. Their message is too important to ignore. Obsessive, uncompromising: the men who’ve fought for liberty in China are not easy, friendly types, but they prove the Chinese care about political freedom.
· Liberty [Boston]

Ethics Moral Reckoning

What shall we do? How shall we live? What’s right? What’s wrong? We’d never be able to answer such questions without the help of ethicists. Just leave archictects and coppersout.
· Strictly, it is taxable [Commentary]