Lacklustre televised presidential debates are a ruling class ruse, rails Ross.

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

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.

Foreign efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation.

The nature of the massacres of 1965-66.

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