Table of Contents - 20 Dec 2008

• EDITORIAL: A Christmas reflection - Who was Jesus Christ? (Peter Westmore)
• HUMAN RIGHTS: Looming threat to our religious freedom (Damian Wyld)
• CANBERRA OBSERVED: Turnbull heading a frayed and fractured Opposition
• NATIONAL SECURITY: Will Australia heed the lessons of Mumbai? (John Miller)
• OPINION: Is David Hicks's cheer squad paying attention? (Babette Francis)
• ECONOMIC AFFAIRS: Unlocking the riddle of the global financial crisis (Colin Teese)
• BANKING: Bendigo Bank preferred over 'Four Pillars' (Ken Aldred)
• NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Australia challenged by US strategic decline (Patrick J. Byrne)
• ASIA: China exports recession to Taiwan (Jeffry Babb)
• POLITICS: Key principles of democratic statesmanship (Hon. Tony Abbott MP)
• OBITUARY: Max Teichmann (1924-2008) - Writer, academic and raconteur fondly remembered (John Ballantyne)
• BOOKS: HARD JACKA: The Story of a Gallipoli Legend, by Michael Lawriwsky (Bill James (reviewer))
• BOOKS: EKATERINBURG: The Last Days of the Romanovs, by Helen Rappaport (Michael E. Daniel (reviewer))
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