Satire
The First Time I Was Anti-Semitic…
Over the years, I number of things have confused me. For example, I remember writing to a columnist in response to her rather strange attitudes in the strange time after the 2001 World Trades Centre […]
Year: 2026
Politics
Political Futures: Stronger Progressive United Front to Broaden the Hate Speech Legislation
The far-right of Australian politics and the LNP, with the support of the Murdoch Press, have had a field day during the summer break to foster a commitment against hate speech. The tragic events at […]
Health
My Hands, In Plain Sight
I’ve been CEO or large early childhood providers, seen first-hand the amazing and wonderful work the rare male educations did, as well as some of the stigma they faced. Below is an all too common […]
Health
Aftermath of the Bondi massacre
By Antony Loewenstein Welcome to 2026. The year has started with a US invasion and kidnapping in Venezuela, ongoing Israeli killings in Gaza, surging violence in the West Bank, huge protests in Iran against its […]
Politics
On the Eve of Destruction: The Napoleon Complex and America’s Multi‑Front Folly
The map on the Resolute’s Desk no longer resembles strategy; it looks like a drunk’s shopping list at a colonial fire sale, continents ringed in red like discount stickers on doomed stock. In a few […]
AIM Extra
Religious hate speech from the Bible and the Quran
The challenge of having freedom of religion and the way both the Bible and the Quran deal with difference makes the idea of legislating against hate speech from religious leaders and their followers an almost […]
Politics
Raw, Rude, and Angry – in the new world of journalism
Amongst the many types of new independent journalism, my favourite is Raw, Rude and Angry, a type that would never have got into conventional “mainstream” media, which keeps up the facade of respectability (even while […]
Politics
Trump derangement syndrome denial
Word got back to me – probably via an encrypted Telegram channel run by a guy in a tracksuit who calls himself “Patriot1776” – that some die-hard MAGA trooper (Russian IP address, red hat filter, […]
Politics
Is the U.S. preparing to install another Shah to run Iran as a U.S. puppet?
By Walt Zlotow Nationwide anti-government protests are wracking Iran with over 500 killed and 10,000 detained. The U.S. political establishment is ecstatic about the possibility of regime change of the hated Iranian Islamic government which […]
Politics
Mare Nostrum, Axis Mundi: A Comparative Archaeology of Imperial Collapse in Rome and America
Abstract This article examines the structural, psychological, and historical parallels between the collapse of the Roman Empire and the observable decline of the United States of America. Moving beyond superficial analogy, it employs a comparative […]
Health
The untold story
There is a scene in the old movie, Camelot where King Arthur is frustrated… befuddled may be a better word, as he rails against the futility of controlling women, more specifically, his queen, Guenevere, until […]
Politics
“Kinetic Strikes and Cotton Socks: How Markets Cheer on the Next War With Iran”
The Markets are Nervous, So Someone Must Pay the Ultimate Price When princes flinch, missiles tend to fly. Another war with Iran is on the horizon. It will be Israel who leads the strike, but […]
Politics
Australia’s Geopolitical Tightrope
Australia’s Geopolitical Tightrope: A U.S. Invasion of Greenland and the Impossible Neutrality In the realm of international relations, few scenarios test the bonds of alliance as profoundly as a conflict between friends. Imagine a world […]
Health
Why Australia is Outsourcing Essential Services
By Denis Hay Description Government outsourcing essential services shifts public money to profit while access and outcomes decline. Introduction Outsourcing essential services has quietly reshaped daily life in Australia. This shift toward outsourcing essential […]
Politics
The Tacos of Tegucigalpa
By James Moore “Americans are benevolently ignorant of the rest of the world.” (George Bernard Shaw) Just a few years after Ronald Reagan had become President, an organization of U.S. Hispanic political leaders began pondering […]