The middle east turmoil and Gaddafi tidbits, comparisons with Indonesia’s transition to democracy.

Short story competition on the culture wars, Timdog and Ross go head to head.

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

Two stories of physical abuse of Indonesian maids abroad, in Saudi Arabia and Malaysia.

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

Justice Party politician Hidayat Nurwahid’s wife-to-be, the lovely widow Diana Abbas Thalib of Kemang.

Achmad’s Tips on Picking Up Babes in Malls: Part 1.

Women are not allowed in the Sultan mosque in Ternate.

Indonesians are often ill-treated abroad, by cruel Saudis and arrogant Malaysians.

Governor Sutiyoso and anti-Australianism and street thuggery.