Table of Contents - 18 Aug 2007

• EDITORIAL: The economy: John Howard's Achilles' heel (Peter Westmore)
• COVER STORY: ENERGY CRISIS: The real threat of global warming (Dr Walter Starck)
• CANBERRA OBSERVED: Will Howard's career end in an election slaughter?
• QUEENSLAND: Protests against forced council amalgamations (Ron Munn)
• VICTORIA: Open season on the unborn (Charles Francis QC)
• WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Human rights bill abandons the unborn child (Brian Peachey)
• HOUSING: Stable families improve house affordability (David Perrin)
• STRAWS IN THE WIND: Has Howard missed the bus? / Victoria's new government / Mick-baiting / Smear, smut and smirk (Max Teichmann)
• EDUCATION: Why I'm home-educating my children (Tanya O'Brien)
• NATIONAL SECURITY: Russian and Chinese espionage in Australia (John Miller)
• HUMAN RIGHTS: Mansour Osanloo - Iran's Lech Walesa (Joseph Poprzeczny)
• OPINION: The great delusion and its remedy (John Kelly)
• BOOKS: OUR CULTURE, WHAT'S LEFT OF IT, by Theodore Dalrymple (Peter Donald (reviewer))
• BOOKS: YOUNG STALIN, by Simon Sebag Montefiore (Bill James (reviewer))
• News Weekly Books