Year: 2026

By James Moore   Arrogance tends to take root in places where no one has held you accountable in a very long time. Texas Republicans, who have institutionalized arrogance, have been running this state without […]

By Walt Zlotow   US neocons revelling in the current US war to destroy Iran tell the monstrous lie Iran has been at war with America 47 years. In their deranged world view it began with […]

Dedication: To the people of Lebanon – who have been told that their country is a “failed state” by those who worked ceaselessly to break it. “The destruction will stop only when the silence is […]

By Dr Dan Steinbock The lingering energy shock is morphing from the Asian epicenter to a global economic drag. The US/Israel war imposes a fatal penalty on global growth. When the US-Iran conflict escalated earlier […]

Of the three countries involved in AUKUS, that most draining, useless and even pernicious of security pacts, Australia has been the only country indifferent, even scoffing, about the need for an inquiry into its merits. […]

Part One – Government By Group Chat Australia had not intended to elect Barnaby Joyce prime minister. Like many national catastrophes, it began as a joke that wandered too far unattended. At first people said: […]

By Peter Brown It sounds like a headline from a political satire. Yet this week, during a federal appeals court hearing, a judge posed a startling hypothetical question to a lawyer representing the Trump administration: If […]

By Christopher Kennedy   So your children can’t afford a house? Who is to blame for this? I blame the Greens. Here’s why: As a party it cannot help itself shooting themselves in the foot; […]

Exclusive Warning: graphic descriptions of war, rape and violence JAPANESE SOLDIERS RAPED AND MURDERED OUR NURSES IN WW11 ON BANGKA ISLAND – WHAT IS JAPAN’S PM SANAE TAKAICHI AND AUSTRALIA’S ANTHONY ALBANESE GOING TO DO […]

I strongly oppose many of President Trump’s policies and believe they have caused real harm and suffering. That disagreement, however, does not justify violence. Apparent assassination attempts against him, and the disturbing wave of social […]

When Tony Abbott was elected unopposed as Federal President of the Liberal Party on Friday, 29 May, I wasn’t surprised. The party’s inability to comprehend genuine change is striking. After their resounding election defeat, one […]

What is a dummy spit? A dummy spit is an Australian term describing the act of reacting to disappointment with disproportionate outrage. Americans may know it as: A meltdown. A tantrum. A Truth Social post. […]

By Dr Dan Steinbock   What began as Israel’s obliteration in Gaza now extends to Lebanon, Iran and the Gulf, thanks to US arms and finance. If diplomacy fails to interrupt this trajectory, the expansive […]