Callum foresees rising levels of poverty and social unrest as the consequences for Indonesia of global warming.

Discussion on abuse of Indonesian maids in Singapore and Malaysia, and elsewhere.

Too many elections might be pushing up the divorce rate, with women leading the way.

The horror of pocong films, the Indonesian movie industry’s obsession with ghosts.

The World Peace Forum in Jakarta finds out the causes of terrorism and violence in the world.

Well-fed FPI head man Habib Rizieq has plenty of celebrity visitors to keep him company in police lock-up.

Explanations for the FPI violence at Monas, blaming the victims, the government, and foreign plots.

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.

Conspiracy theories among opinion leaders in Sumatra, American-Zionist and British conspiracies.

A formal banning of the unorthodox Muslim sect Jamaah Ahmadiyah becomes more likely.