Year: 2026

Darwin, Spencer and the “Survival of the Fittest” Continued from Part 1 In 1859, a book was published that would profoundly influence the way Europeans thought about life, humanity and, eventually, race: Charles Darwin’s On […]

With a hasty executive action by the Scott Morrison’s government, Australia signed up to buy $368 billions’ worth of second-hand nuclear submarines, and created a special military alliance with USA and UK -“AUKUS”. The then […]

Many forms of cognitive ability have had scarcity value throughout human history. Someone who could perform calculations rapidly, memorise vast amounts of information, write well, diagnose disease, translate between languages, learn complex legal codes or […]

The Racist Heritage of Colonial Australia There has been much discussion in Australia about racism and the way it continues to manifest itself in our political and social landscape. Yet racism is hardly a recent […]

Anglicare Sydney Media Release  The Australian Government is enabling more social and affordable housing than it has in a generation, but new Anglicare Sydney research warns that supply alone will not solve the housing crisis. […]

The Greens have a new leader. The press gallery has a new roughie. The field has been called to the post and the commentators are already in the box. And they’re racing. That is how […]

There was nothing new in the Reality Television President’s swill filled address to the United Nations General Assembly on September 22. Donald Trump had said much of it before, most of it with wearying derangement […]

By Walt Zlotow President George W. Bush criminally attacked Iraq on March 20, 2003, for no other reason than he could. He used the 911 attacks in New York, D.C. and Pennsylvania to remake the Middle […]

Things are looking bleaker by the day for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, most notably for his standing as a competent leader in full mastery of his office. After allegations were made that he had […]

Continued from Part 1 Intelligence was purposely ignore As I documented this pattern in investigatory essays in late 2023 and eventually in The Fall of Israel, warnings from the Israeli lookouts were dismissed as routine […]

By Dr Dan Steinbock​​ Thanks to some AI executives, the Trump administration had an opportunity to foster global AI cooperation. By contrast, it gave the green light to existential risks. On September 29, 2026, President […]