Celebrities & politicians settle their differences in the ring, for democracy.

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

Monitoring Ramadan mosque sermons in the war on terrorism.

The alignment of forces for the 2009 elections, the ‘Golden’ coalitions of political parties.

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.

The government and ISP’s blocking of video sharing and social sites, and the reasons behind it.

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

Former ruler Soeharto still has many friends.

On 9 May, 2006 the UN General Assembly elected Indonesia along with 46 other nations to the Human Rights council. There is also the possibility that Indonesia will be elected to the Security Council in November 2006, says guest writer Sarawut Pratoomraj.