The debate over whether to award former president Soeharto national hero status; the full list of names to be considered.

Pigs at the trough? Golkar seeks a 15 billion rupiah allowance for MP's to fund local projects.

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

A review of "The Indonesia Reader", an anthology of Indonesian history, culture and politics.

Monitoring Ramadan mosque sermons in the war on terrorism.

Transsexual television personality Dorce Gamalama pays her last respects to the executed Imam Samudera.

Investigations into kidnapped and murdered activists of 1997/98, questioning of former generals like president Yudhoyono.

Purba Negoro on perceived threats to national unity.

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.

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

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

Rogue Wan sees sinister forces behind the anti-Jamaah Ahmadiyah witch hunt.

Sylvester sees power-mongering and the profit motive behind the West's hypocrisy over human rights.

Ross sees the young Pramoedya Ananta Toer as a bullying commissar of literature.

Likely criminal charges against Tempo magazine for blasphemy against Christianity.

The nature of the massacres of 1965-66.

Whether there was a genocide in 1965 and what happened to the survivors.

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

Some people are in a forgiving mood as former president Suharto nears death.

Sementara mantan presiden Soeharto mendekati ajal, beberapa tokoh masyarakat menganjurkan pengampunan atas sejarah hidupnya.

Slightly premature epitaph poetry for Suharto.

Jakartass' guide to living in Jakarta for foreigners.

The morality drive in parts of Indonesia is scaring off foreign tourists.

Sylvester questions the philosophy of education in Indonesian schools.

Juwono Sudarsono offers advice for democracy obsessed westerners.

Former ruler Soeharto still has many friends.