Year: 2026

The war now has the smell of salt, oil, and old empires trying to defy the tide. Thirty-three kilometres. That is the width of the Strait of Hormuz at its narrowest navigable point: two shipping […]

The Vatican has long maintained that the selection of a new Pope is guided by the Holy Spirit, a sacred process steeped in centuries of ritual, prayer, and secrecy. This week, however, that understanding was […]

By Dr Dan Steinbock  With a major earthquake, a tsunami will follow and then the full damage. It’s the same with the Iran War. As transmission channels kick in, the energy crisis is morphing into […]

This analysis argues that Donald J. Trump’s unpredictable decision-making during crises undermines the leadership qualities of consistency and clarity, thereby influencing both American society and global stability. Consistency and clarity are vital for leaders in […]

DAWE: Mr Vice President, thank you for coming in. CLARKE: Great to be here, Bryan. Terrific studio. Very fair country, Australia. DAWE: You’ve just come from negotiations with Iran. CLARKE: Correct. DAWE: How did they […]

By James Moore “Two things fill me with constantly increasing admiration and awe, the longer and more carefully I reflect on them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.” (Immanuel Kant). […]

In what feels like another lifetime, Carol and I wandered the quieter corners of Germany. One region in particular gave us a memorable, breathtaking adventure – one I wrote about years ago on our old […]

The Authoritarian State by Stealth The Confession The Albanese government is not sleepwalking into a surveillance state. It is marching. The ASIO Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2025, now before the Senate after passing the Lower […]

The US and Israel are not only eager to illegally attack Iran, even to invade; they are at war with the rules of war itself. In a move largely ignored by our corporate media, they […]

By Walt Zlotow   For the first 5 weeks of President Trump’s criminal war on Iran, mainstream media pretended this was totally a US war to defend the Homeland by destroying Iran’s nuclear bomb capability and […]

In the Devil’s Dictionary, Ambrose Bierce defines peace as a period of cheating between two periods of fighting. The Israeli version of a ceasefire might be defined as a moment of war deceptively halted to […]

The Crime and the Cover-Up How can you spot failure in your press gallery? Simple. You know your news media has failed when your government sends special forces to a war it denies waging. When […]

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 […]