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.


    Ted Kennedy's ambiguous legacy

    Michael Cook | 29 Aug 2009
    For America’s most famous Catholic, morality and politics had little to do with each other.


    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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