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Binoy Kampmark
Dr. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He lectures at RMIT University, Melbourne.
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Shane Warne – the Musical
Thursday, 11 December 2008, 1:34 pm | Binoy Kampmark
He threw spinning grenades on the cricket pitch, watching them spit at opponents off a good length. He was also the terror of the ladies, ever eager to shoot off that lewd text message with fidgety enthusiasm. Then there was disgrace: pitch reports ... More >>
The Humanitarian Imperialist: Obama and Genocide
Tuesday, 9 December 2008, 2:20 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Along with the optimism that has accompanied the Obama election emerges a potentially new picture on humanitarian interventions. What will an Obama administration do with Darfur, or instances where genocide will occur? More >>
Samaritans and Voyeurs: The Briggs Case
Monday, 8 December 2008, 9:54 am | Binoy Kampmark
Nineteen-year old Abraham Briggs, Jr. is no longer with us. He took his life on November 19 after ingesting a toxic combination of chemicals. The difference in this case was that it took place on a webcam. Briggs had logged into a bodybuilding website ... More >>
It’s in the blood: The effort to unseat Obama
Friday, 5 December 2008, 9:35 am | Binoy Kampmark
They just don’t give up, do they? Obama’s win, thumping, at least by American standards, is insufficient to placate those who question its legitimacy. Yes, so it went to a man who has a name of Hussein (ask Fox News, a network mesmerized by ... More >>
Deals and Lethal Shoppers: Black Friday in the USA
Tuesday, 2 December 2008, 12:01 pm | Binoy Kampmark
When Wal-Mart becomes the scene of death for America’s frantic burghers, things must be getting desperate in the world’s largest economy. Black Friday, that opportune moment for America’s deranged shopper to expunge any available cash prior to Christmas, ... More >>
Damned by Sydney: The passing of Jørn Utzon
Tuesday, 2 December 2008, 10:16 am | Binoy Kampmark
While Sydneysiders will venture that their harbour remains inimitable, that incomparably pagan place of beauty in the world (What of stunning beauties such as Stockholm? Or dashing, daring San Francisco Bay?), one of the primary reasons for its fame was ... More >>
Damned by Sydney: The passing of Jørn Utzon
Tuesday, 2 December 2008, 10:14 am | Binoy Kampmark
While Sydneysiders will venture that their harbour remains inimitable, that incomparably pagan place of beauty in the world (What of stunning beauties such as Stockholm? Or dashing, daring San Francisco Bay?), one of the primary reasons for its fame was ... More >>
Darling End for New Labour? The British Budget
Thursday, 27 November 2008, 11:21 am | Binoy Kampmark
Binoy Kampmark writes: When a figure of conservative propriety as Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, desires government control over banks, one that exceeds mere partial or public ownership, the political fault lines must be changing. More >>
End of Hegemony: US National Intelligence Council
Wednesday, 26 November 2008, 8:55 am | Binoy Kampmark
Former University of Cambridge Commonwealth Scholar, Binoy Kampmark, writes that the US National Intelligence Council report, ‘Global Trends 2025: A World Transformed’ makes noted observations - including the rise of China as a military superpower. More >>
Renegade’s Blackberry: To give or not to give
Thursday, 20 November 2008, 10:25 am | Binoy Kampmark
The US secret service codename him Renegade. But will Barack Obama conform and relinquish his treasured Blackberry? Probably: the pressures of those padding, muffling forces within such a bureaucratic creature as the White House may hold sway. The cardinal ... More >>
When Fuel Efficiency was un-American
Wednesday, 19 November 2008, 1:14 pm | Binoy Kampmark
Haven’t we seen this before? As Chrysler, Ford Motors and General Motors beg both the Bush administration and the transitional team of President elect Barack Obama to relieve them of financial woes, the similarities with the late 1970s can’t be ... More >>
The Palin Factor: How Women Count
Thursday, 4 September 2008, 10:25 am | Binoy Kampmark
Every electoral contest needs a social group to elevate, to applaud, and to cherish. Votes are, of course, important, so the politically needy must pick a target for each election. In conservative politics, it’s a case of targeting blue-collar voters ... More >>
The Democrats in Denver: The National Convention
Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 1:46 pm | Binoy Kampmark
American national conventions are very little other than signpost formalities in the game of electoral politics. They are not particularly exciting, with some spectacular exceptions (the meltdown of the Democratic Convention in 1968 was something else). More >>
God and Politics at Saddleback
Friday, 22 August 2008, 1:58 pm | Binoy Kampmark
How are the two putative candidates in the US Presidential race treating the evangelical vote thus far? In one answer: seriously. If the evidence is anything to go by, the evangelical vote will still prove thumping come November. Figures vary, but something ... More >>
A Play of Villains: Conflict in Georgia
Wednesday, 13 August 2008, 10:47 am | Binoy Kampmark
A play of villains, where the only victims (as always) are civilians. The Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has announced a halt to military operations of Russian forces in Georgia, but skirmishes continue. Fears that the entire Georgian state ... More >>
The Death of Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Tuesday, 5 August 2008, 1:35 pm | Binoy Kampmark
In A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich , a microstudy of Russia’s penal system is delivered to the reader with unrelenting power. The subject is accused of espionage and sentenced to rot in the Soviet gulag. The author, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who ... More >>
