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. |
The ultimate Christmas present
Michael Cook | 17 Dec 2004
Santa came early for good little girls and boys in the Netherlands,
bringing the gift of involuntary euthanasia for children under 12.
Is the biotech revolution a myth?
Michael Cook | 10 Dec 2004
All over the world governments are staking the future of their economies on biotechnology, especially stem cell research. Have they been sold a pig in a poke?
A quiet breakthrough in AIDS policy
Michael Cook | 3 Dec 2004
It was hard to miss World AIDS Day this week. If you weren't approached to buy a red ribbon on the sidewalk, the plight of AIDS sufferers around the globe leapt out of television screens and newspapers.
Beyond Britain's fox-hunting ban
Michael Cook | 26 Nov 2004
In an impressive display of its growing political clout, the animal rights movement helped bring about significant legal changes across the English-speaking world in the last two weeks.
OBITUARY: Christopher Reeve
Michael Cook | 26 Nov 2004
Why are we rushing to canonize Christopher Reeve? To presidential hopeful John Kerry, the quadriplegic actor was "truly America's hero". As far away as Australia, he was "the most impressive person I have ever met" for one of that country's leading politicians. Even President Bush paid tribute to his "personal courage, optimism, and self-determination".
Cheating, America's ethical crisis
Michael Cook | 19 Nov 2004
Trust was a key issue in the recent American election. Words like integrity, honesty, lies, deceit and evasion filled the evening news. Bush supporters accused Kerry of lying over his war record. Kerry supporters accused Bush of lying over the weapons of mass destruction.
Bush's family edge
Michael Cook | 19 Nov 2004
The most striking map of the American election was the distribution of blue Kerry counties and red Bush counties. What it shows is a fringe of blue within a few miles of the West Coast beaches, a ribbon of blue along the Mississippi and a stub of New England blue, along with a few Kerry counties in the immense Southwest. But basically there was a vast hinterland of red, stretching from East to West. Even in states which Kerry carried easily like Pennsylvania, Illinois and New York, specks of blue float in a sea of red.
The demented genius of The Far Side
Michael Cook | 19 Nov 2004
Gary Larsen, The Complete Far Side, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2003, 1272 pages (20 pounds/10kg), US$85 (Amazon)
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