Against Travel
I’m finished with overseas travel. It’s a big decision for someone who has been a…More
Browsing: Australian Politics
Another Missed Opportunity
John Howard missed the opportunity of a decade over the weekend when he responded to…More
Squaring Off
In 1799, British Prime Minister William Pitt introduced the first of two Combination Acts. They…More
Down to Earth Star Guide for Skeptics and Cynics
GeminiA brilliant idea comes at a price this week. The will and the wherewithal are…More
In Defence of Liberty through Reason
In her books The Caged Virgin and Infidel, former Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali argues…More
Nuclear Dreaming
In the interests of giving John Howard the debate he said we had to have…More
Howard's Latest Spin Cycle
Last weekend, it became clear that John Howard is trying to reframe climate change as…More
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
A bright young Pakistani man receives a scholarship to study business at Princeton University in…More
Democracy Rising
In mid-June 2005, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice delivered a speech at Cairo’s American…More
News from the Front
The Forgotten War Sometimes it takes an outsider to tell us the most uncomfortable truths.…More