Year: 2026

By Walt Zlotow My local paper, The Chicago Tribune’s editorial ‘There has been no victory yet for the Iranian people’ represents an astonishing betrayal of the urgent need to condemn the president’s criminal war on […]

This piece argues that fiscal policy should take a distinctly redistributive approach by closing tax loopholes and limiting benefits that favour wealthy individuals and corporations. Using the Robin Hood metaphor to highlight the ethical imperative […]

“Human beings are members of a whole, in creation of one essence and soul. If one limb is afflicted with pain, other limbs uneasy will remain.” (Saadi Shirazi, 13th century. Inscribed on the wall of […]

By Walt Zlotow Israel, not happy that Trump abandoned their lust to destroy Iran as a hegemonic rival, blew up the two week ceasefire Pakistan negotiated Tuesday. How? By launching a massive bombing campaign on […]

For months, many of us have watched in frustration as our government responded to Gaza with caution, equivocation, and a reluctance to break from the familiar script of deference to powerful allies. It has felt, […]

By Denis Hay   Description See how politicians vote in Australia. Use They Vote for You to uncover real decisions and compare words with actions. Introduction Most Australians hear what politicians say. But far fewer […]

He’s out of ideas, a mind running on empty. Increasingly, he is also short of reason, zapped by geopolitical addling and meddling. Now that US President Donald J. Trump has reached an uneasy understanding with […]

CEDA Media Release The Federal Government should use the upcoming Budget to encourage economic dynamism, as new CEDA research shows the proportion of business owners in Australia hit a record low last year despite ongoing […]

By Walt Zlotow Even a mentally degraded Donald Trump had to face reality. The US lost the war intended to destroy Iran as a hegemonic rival to Israel in the region. He cancelled his announced […]

“Operation Epic Fury” sounds like a fourteen-year-old boy who has been playing too much Call of Duty. It’s a perfect fit for the Peter Pan that Donald Trump has running the Pentagon; a former Fox […]

The problem with demagogues is that they invariably fall into infantile practices. The politics of the playground is the politics of hate, violence and betrayal. It’s the politics of finding the useful enemy and bullying […]

Immanuel Kant is usually summoned in moments of hope. He appears when liberals want a patron saint for law and commerce, and for the hope that violence might be tamed by reason through institutions. In […]