Clerical, non bewildered reaction to Barack Obama’s winning of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Wailing and gnashing of teeth in Aceh over the shameless Putri Indonesia 2009.

Two clouds with silver linings, Tommy Suharto’s bid for Golkar, and sharia stoning laws in Aceh.

Fatwa on superstitious beliefs in arts and pop culture television.

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

Ross sees parallels between the Justice Party/PKS, and the PKI of old.

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

Demilitarization in Papua, Aceh, and Maluku, the difficult process of removing military influence in politics.

Ross rails that Gestapo style methods of interrogation are used by the sharia police in Aceh.

Ross on the bigotry of teachers of religion in Islamic schools, ideological jilbabs, and Dewi Persik.