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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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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 >>
