Table of Contents - 17 Dec 2005

• EDITORIAL: The death penalty and Van Tuong Nguyen (Peter Westmore)
• CANBERRA OBSERVED: Contenders for the Howard succession
• CULTURE WARS: Fighting to defend civilisation (Bill Muehlenberg)
• SCHOOLS: Truth and beauty to exchanged for 'relevance' (Kevin Donnelly)
• OPINION: Abortion drug victimises women (Peter Westmore)
• STRAWS IN THE WIND: Burma, ASEAN and selective breast-beating / Latham was right / Asia for the Australians / News item (Max Teichmann)
• FOREIGN DEBT: Greenspan issues warning over foreign debt (Ken Francis)
• PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE Private funding 'more expensive' (Ken Francis)
• INTERNATIONAL POLITICS: Global significance of China-India relations (Dr Sharif Shuja)
• IRAQ WAR: Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction
• ENVIRONMENT: Ensuring sustainable agriculture (Dr John Williams)
• TIMOR LESTE: 'Thanks for helping East Timor' (Fr Marcos de Oliveira SDB)
• Compulsory voting a necessity (letter) (Greg O'Regan)
• Disabled people at risk from euthanasia (letter) (Brian Harris)
• ABC insults Australia's war dead (letter) (Franck Bellet)
• Low pay and joblessness (letter) (Marcus L'Estrange)
• BOOKS: HOW MUMBO-JUMBO CONQUERED THE WORLD: A Short History of Modern Delusions, by Francis Wheen (Bill James (reviewer))
• BOOKS: FEMALE CHAUVINIST PIGS: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture, by Ariel Levy (Bill Muehlenberg (reviewer))
• BOOKS: THE CASE FOR DEMOCRACY: The power of freedom to overcome tyranny and terror, by Natan Sharansky (Michael E. Daniel (reviewer))
• News Weekly Books