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.

Remembering a poet of commitment

Michael Cook | 15 Oct 2006

Thirty years after James McAuley's death, his verse has lost none of its brilliance.

FOCUS ON C-38
C-38: the search for marriage

Michael Cook | 12 Oct 2006

A thought-provoking Canadian documentary demolishes the case for same-sex marriage.

The genius of cloning

Michael Cook | 6 Oct 2006

Stem cell scientists ought to follow their ethical arguments to a logical conclusion.

A jihad on secularism

Michael Cook | 22 Sep 2006

Benedict has fired a warning shot across the bow of the Enlightenment Project, but its crew was asleep.

FOCUS ON BLOGGING
Will blogs destroy English?

Michael Cook | 1 Sep 2006

Never before have so many people written their thoughts for the world. Will English literature survive the flood?

Hoping against hope in Missouri

Michael Cook | 27 Aug 2006

In November Missouri voters will decide whether their state should legalise therapeutic cloning. Are they being told the whole truth?

FOCUS ON DEVELOPING WORLD CHRISTIANITY
Winds of change come from the south

Michael Cook | 18 Aug 2006

Christianity is thriving amongst the burgeoning populations of Africa and Latin America. Will it become the Big Idea of the 21st century?

Has sex become irrelevant?

Michael Cook | 10 Aug 2006

An entrepreneurial Texas woman has gone into the business of mail-order designer babies. Where did we go wrong?

The decline of conversation

Michael Cook | 9 Aug 2006

Is your best friend really your iPod? The author of a recent book on the decline of conversation in America doesn't think so.

Are Chinese doctors harvesting organs from Falun Gong prisoners?

Michael Cook | 13 Jul 2006

It's like a bad script from a B-grade movie -- thousands of prisoners wait around until a customer appears who wants their organs. Except that it might be true.

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