Michael Cook

Michael Cook likes bad puns, bushwalking and black coffee. He did a BA at Harvard University in the US where it was good for networking, but moved to Sydney where it wasn’t. He also did a PhD on an obscure corner of Australian literature. He has worked as a book editor and magazine editor and has published articles in magazines and newspapers in the US, the UK and Australia. Currently he is the editor of BioEdge, a newsletter about bioethics, and MercatorNet. He also writes a bioethics column for Australasian Science and contributes occasional op-ed pieces to newspapers and websites in the US, UK and Australia.

The joys of Weltschmerz

19 Feb 2013 |

tags: films, melancholy, Weltschmerz

Feeling too happy? Need something to remind you that life is a serious business? Here are our suggestions.

A smile on the dial: films

14 Feb 2013 |

tags: cheerfulness, films

Want a film to put a spring in your step? Here are our nominations for films of good cheer. Send us yours.

A pure, gem-like flame

12 Feb 2013 |

tags: abdicatiions, Benedict XVI, Catholic Church

A good man, but a poor Pope? Think again.

Innocents abroad

5 Feb 2013 |

tags: assisted suicide, euthanasia, Tasmania

Lightweight politicians have written a lightweight report on euthanasia for Tasmanian voters.

Six lessons from death in Belgium

24 Jan 2013 |

tags: Belgiium, bioethics, euthanasia

The world was shocked when Belgian doctors euthanased deaf twins who could not bear to be separated.

Harvard Munch: when liberty becomes bondage

10 Jan 2013 |

tags: Harvard, John Stuart Mill, sado-masochism, utilitarianism

One hundred and fifty years after J S Mill's famous book on Utilitarianism, the heirs of his philosophy are embracing nihilism.

Our pick of films for 2012

2 Jan 2013 |

tags: best of, film reviews, movies

After consulting our reviewers, we've settled on our list of the best films of the past year.

“These tragedies must end”

18 Dec 2012 |

tags: Barack Obama, divorce, gun control, rampage shooting

Why are so many rampage killers the sons of divorce?

The New Eugenics

14 Dec 2012 |

tags: eugenics, evolution, genetics

Some scientists are haunted by the idea of genetic degeneracy.

The third rail of feminism

11 Dec 2012 |

tags: Africa, female genital mutilation, feminism

Why isn't the media interested in the facts about the controversial practice of female genital mutilation?

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