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An Open Letter to my Fellow Men Dear my fellow men, There is a particular flicker that passes across some men’s faces when a woman refuses to shrink. You’ve seen it. A woman in a […]

Some presidents tackle healthcare, or infrastructure, or employment. Donald Trump, on the other hand, has spent this week doing battle against far more pressing threats: international law, typography, and the dangerous scourge of people noticing […]

By Alasdair Black The media is trying to explain the Liberal Party’s failure in South Australia, in response to Vincent Tarzia stepping down as leader on Friday – a move that will see him personally […]

By Walt Zlotow Some sensible US congresspersons, government officials, pundits and others are furious over reports Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a second strike on a mysterious little boat off Venezuela September 2 that killed […]

A recent discussion about Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s travails elicited the ‘it was just sex’ comment. The idea that a young woman, a girl really, a few years short of adulthood, had been groomed to be […]

In the stark, unforgiving waters of the Caribbean, the United States crossed a line from which it will be difficult to return. That line was crossed with two chilling words allegedly spoken by Secretary of […]

We watch as corporations pollute our rivers, exploit their workers, and ravage the environment, all while posting record profits. We lament this “corporate greed” as if it were a force of nature. It is not. […]

By Alasdair Black   President Donald Trump is contemplating yet another oil war, who’dda thunk it, from the amoral, corrupt, money grubbing mammon-worshipping president? Trump is trying to “Wag the Dog,” to sleep walk the […]

Australia has long worn its belief in the “fair go” as a badge of national identity: the idea that everyone, no matter where they started, deserves a decent chance to get ahead. Yet in recent […]

There are moments in a society’s moral evolution when the ethical landscape shifts beneath our feet. Practices once seen as normal become intolerable; habits once considered harmless reveal themselves to be deeply implicated in injustice. […]

Last December a bunch of friends got together for our yearly Christmas lunch. This time we each put in $20 and sent a nice total to the Fred Hollows Foundation. And we felt good. No […]

The Architecture of Control A silent, interlocking system of control has taken root across the globe, undermining democracy, perpetuating inequality, and jeopardising our planet’s future. This system is not a singular entity but a self-reinforcing […]

By Walt Zlotow When I enjoy Thanksgiving dinner this Thursday, my 81st in a long and peaceful life, I’ll be thankful the world has not stumbled into nuclear war. Don’t remember my first Thanksgiving, November […]

In recent months Victoria has confronted a troubling and deeply consequential challenge: a rise in youth violence. A spate of high-profile incidents, from a violent attack in a Melbourne shopping centre to assaults in suburban […]

When a President Demands the Death Penalty for His Opponents, Democracy Is Already on Life Support There are moments in political life so shocking, so fundamentally corrosive, that they should stop a nation in its […]