Month: May 2025

Joseph Conrad wrote The Heart of Darkness in 1899. In part it was a reflection of a time he had spent in the Congo; as a crewman and later captain on a ship travelling up […]

Renee Coffey MP triumphed in Brisbane’s Southside electorate in a tight contest with the sitting Green’s Member Max Chandler Mather. Both progressive candidates had their appeal in different parts of the Griffith electorate. (See summary […]

This slipped under the radar in early March, but social media has finally made it beep loud and clear. During his State of the Union Address, President Trump claimed that Elon Musk’s Department of Government […]

By Walt Zlotow   Alexander Heffner in The hard truths a Democrat must tell to win in 2028 (Chicago Tribune May 29) wasted nearly 1,100 words demanding Democrats embark on an apology tour during the […]

Sky News is having a collective conniption over Sussan Ley’s shadow ministry reshuffle, and it’s a spectacle so off-world it could pass for political parody. Normally, Sky’s busy canonising the Liberal-National Coalition as Australia’s saviours, […]

If others can lead, so can I. When Jacinta Price claimed, “Lots of people see me as Prime Minister,” I raised an eyebrow – and then a poll on X. In a landslide (admittedly, among […]

As the world was readying for the Second World War, the insightful humane Austrian author Stefan Zweig made the following glum observation: “Openly and flagrantly, certain countries express their will to expand and make preparations […]