I SEE that the president of Hawthorn has criticised his AFL team and coaches for losing when they are expected to win. Fair enough - who else in Victoria is better qualified to pronounce on the matter of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory than Jeff Kennett? Tony Roberts,..read more

SO THE Catholic Church is going to crack down on confessions (The Age, 5/6). As the girl said to the priest, "Father, I never knew what sin was until you showed me." Colin Jones, South Melbourne

CONTROVERSIAL sedition laws, which some artists and cartoonists saw as a threat to their freedom of speech, will be overhauled under the Federal Government's changes to counter-terrorism legislation.

A CARTOONISTS' dream encountered a politicians' nightmare yesterday as Peter Garrett named the Australian Financial Review artist David Rowe the best political cartoonist of the year.

THE idea of Melbourne in the southern hemisphere complementing Edinburgh in the north as a centre for books, writing, and ideas is worthwhile, but it would be even more worthy if it also acknowledged this city's cartoonists.