Have Australians lost patience with the reformist slogans and ideas of recent decades? Have the sour grapes of political correctness set a new generation of thinkers' teeth on edge? Ex-MP and social commentator Peter Coleman has asked six of Australia's most outspoken writers to reconsider some of the grand old politically correct causes of earlier years - from feminism and gay liberation to arts sponsorship and the commercialisation of sport. What, they all ask, went wrong? Each has a personal story to tell. Beatrice Faust, Frank Moorhouse, David Williamson Christopher Pearson, Les Murray and Jamie Grant examine the dangers and contradictions of causes, conformity, and good intentions run wild. ls political correctness finished? What will follow? Double Take exposes the ever-widening cracks in the walls of popular thought...