A Betawi figure worries that many immigrants to Jakarta are too narrow in their cultural perspective.

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.

How many men taught the Javanese their Islam, how far they succeeded and whether the Javanese are really just heathens.

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

Fatkhuri says Muslim and Christian civilization have much in common.

Timdog enthuses over the brothel district of “Dolly” in Surabaya.

Dewaratugedeanom asks what gives countries the rights to make territorial claims.

What if the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) had taken over in 1965.

The nature of the massacres of 1965-66.

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