A smouldering civil war among the elites, Army power plays, and Chinese scapegoats.

Development of a hyper mass-market automobile industry and cheap cars for as many as possible.

Ross finds shameful bigotry in the fair city of Tangerang.

Blasphemous farting attempts in Probolinggo see police swing into action against a kejawenist rebel.

Muslim only housing estates and gated communities in Jakarta and surrounds, and Halal Bogor.

A branch of the Sufi sect Tarekat Naqsyabandiyah is the latest target of the MUI.

More women politicians is what is needed, some say.

Dealing with enemies on the left and the right keeps Nahdlatul Ulama leaders busy talking.

The swine flu scare, H1N1, effects on tourism and industries, and whether it is manmade.

Is Jakarta one of the worst third world hellholes?

Whether to ban "nikah siri" informal marriages, Rhoma Irama and Abu Bakar Bashir are on opposite sides.

Who is behind the recent violence in Aceh, and the sharia laws.

Is political Islam down and out in 2009? Islamic parties look for reasons for their failure.

Press freedom issues over an alleged money politics scandal involving Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono.

Taoists are clamouring to have their religion recognised by the government.

The alignment of forces for the 2009 elections, the 'Golden' coalitions of political parties.

Educating the public about the pornography bill and legal challenges against UU Porno at the Constitutional Court.

Some of the last holdouts against Islam on Java convert under the guidance of Hidayatullah.

Another East Timor in Papua, lack of development in the province, and racism by other Indonesians towards Papuans.

The most and least corrupt cities and towns, how easy it is perceived to do business around Indonesia.

Perceptions of corruption at government departments, and the use of brokers at immigration offices.

Mixing Sundanese disco music and Islam invites bigotry and later "mediation" in West Java, as Ross finds out.

Bias in the media, examples of Islamist bias on television have Ross railing.

Adam Malik, former vice president in the Soeharto era, is accused of having been an American CIA agent.

Willie Soon & Christopher Monckton, climate change sceptics, on temperature levels in Indonesia and the "saving the planet" mantra.

Whether teenagers know how to put on a condom, free condom distribution to prostitutes, and condoms in schools.

Treespotter looks at capital punishment around the world, and an argument in favour of it.

Ross bemoans the fact that FPI leader Habib Rizieq was only jailed for 18 months.

Purba Negoro sees broad sunlit uplands for East Timor-Indonesia relations, and current Australian nefariousness.

The credit crisis, focusing on the Lehman Brothers bailout and the interbank credit crunch.

Ross rails against the minister of religion over dictating what date Eid Al Fitr celebrations should be on.

Purba Negoro on perceived threats to national unity.

Callum criticizes partial privatization plans for Kratakau Steel, Garuda Indonesia and Bank Tabungan Negara.

A full translation into English of the somewhat controversial 2008 Indonesian pornography laws.

Lairedion on the Dutch state being sued over war crimes at Rawagede, West Java.

Callum on slash and burn farming, energy subsidies, ways to tackle the issues of high food and fuel prices.

Callum foresees rising levels of poverty and social unrest as the consequences for Indonesia of global warming.

Callum on the tin mining industry, government limiting of production and exports, and illegal mining.

Callum on the causes of Indonesia's oil woes and the way forward.

Ross questions the motives of Islamic groups' sensitivity over Papua.

More flag raising deaths and controversy, this time in Papua.

Ross sees sinister motives behind renewed debate over the death penalty.

BIN intelligence chief Syamsir Siregar is accused of having too big a mouth.

Rima says religion and religiosity are to blame for much of Indonesia's, and the world's, troubles.

Well-fed FPI head man Habib Rizieq has plenty of celebrity visitors to keep him company in police lock-up.

Ross complains that the government is trying to restrict the activities of the wrong people, Ahmadiyah instead of Muslim militants.

Explanations for the FPI violence at Monas, blaming the victims, the government, and foreign plots.

Marrying off old and poor people and those living in sin, it's mass wedding ceremony season.

Spew looks back on the May 1998 riots and the issues of mass rapes, anti-Chinese sentiment, and how the rioters came to be judged.

The various ism problems that Indonesia faces, neo-liberalism, capitalism, imperialism, colonialism, and materialism.

Spew says Indonesians are being denied much of the country's greatest literature, for political reasons.

Julia Perez distributes free condoms with her latest musical masterpiece, "Kamasutra".

Rima says the government creates distractions and the media willingly participate, to hide the real problems of Indonesia.

Suharto: Let the People Speak, Please Help Indonesia Matters do an informal poll.

The nightspots of Batam are urged to close down for Ramadhan.

A 3gp sex movie in Madura has clerics calling for tighter laws against pornography.

Violence and sex at the Institut Pemerintahan Dalam Negeri.

South Kalimantan has a free sex problem.

Disaster prone Indonesia is populated by people weak in faith, or weak in honesty, depending on your view.

A group of liberal Muslim leaders said at a conference on Saturday that the prevalence of mob rule threatened to cause the break-up of the country.