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. |
What if he had refused?
Michael Cook | 12 Oct 2009
We discovered the draft of another speech responding to the surprise announcement in a rubbish bin outside the White House.
Raining on their parade
Michael Cook | 1 Oct 2009
Who is responsible for China's infamous one-child policy? Surprisingly, it is not 60 years of Communist rule.
Genetic testing for sporting cash cow
Michael Cook | 11 Sep 2009
Baseballs' impresarios are happy to tear a 16-year-old from his country and family, but first they want proof he is the real goods.
A tarnished gold standard
Michael Cook | 16 Aug 2009
The last-ditch defence for experimenting with human embryonic stem cells is that they are a “gold standard” for stem cell research. Nonsense.
Iran's plummeting birth rates
Michael Cook | 11 Aug 2009
Despite its fundamentalist Islamic reputation Iran has experimented with birth control with some unexpected, and unwelcome, consequences.
Comments, please!
Michael Cook | 8 Jul 2009
This week we notched up our first
10,000 comments.
Films about human dignity
Michael Cook | 4 Jul 2009
Here's a selection of some great films about human dignity. Help us to add more -- comments, please!
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