The debate over whether to award former president Soeharto national hero status; the full list of names to be considered.

Pigs at the trough? Golkar seeks a 15 billion rupiah allowance for MP’s to fund local projects.

A smouldering civil war among the elites, Army power plays, and Chinese scapegoats.

A review of “The Indonesia Reader”, an anthology of Indonesian history, culture and politics.

Monitoring Ramadan mosque sermons in the war on terrorism.

Transsexual television personality Dorce Gamalama pays her last respects to the executed Imam Samudera.

Investigations into kidnapped and murdered activists of 1997/98, questioning of former generals like president Yudhoyono.

Purba Negoro on perceived threats to national unity.

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.