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If you’re expecting Albo’s meeting with President Trump today in D.C. to break new ground, don’t get your hopes up. My guess? It’ll be the same script we’ve seen in every Trump-world leader sit-down, and […]

By Walt Zlotow   All 15 presidents (Trump twice) since WWII have been involved in either dozens of regime change operations or 9 military interventions (wars) that have killed millions. So it should surprise no […]

Blokes, bless ‘em, are wired a bit like an old filing cabinet – everything’s neatly tucked into mental compartments, ready for careful rifling when the moment calls. Women, with their knack for juggling a million […]

“… How can a father blame a single mother for not teaching his son how to be an accomplished man? Men expect boys to act like men, but there’s rarely a man in their lives […]

By Walt Zlotow   The Editorial Board in my local paper, The Chicago Tribune, makes a valid point in praising President Trump for prematurely declaring an end to the Israeli war (genocide actually) in Gaza […]

The most dangerous path for any economy is to go down the path of the military industrial complex. It produces nothing of benefit for the society concerned but creates wealth for a limited number of […]

By Helen Reynolds and Kirsty McNeil   At our last ladies’ monthly gathering – a forum for exchanging ideas and dissecting the news – the grim state of world affairs steered our conversation toward conflict. […]

There are those who thrive on making others miserable and making them as insecure and spiteful as themselves. They see little of value in others and more often than not have little of value to […]

From the sun-bleached beaches of Surfers Paradise to the quiet verandahs of the suburbs, we Australians have long viewed American politics with a mixture of fascination and detachment. It was a dramatic, often chaotic, television drama […]

By Peter Brown   When I picture American troops being deployed with the authorisation of “full force,” my mind conjures images of Vietnam or Europe – war zones where the rules of engagement were fundamentally […]

President Trump has spoken at the United Nations, and now Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has too. The contrast could not have been starker. Trump rambled like a man who’d just been handed the microphone at […]

Last week, President Donald Trump floated the idea of a meeting with Anthony Albanese during his whirlwind New York visit, even teasing a chat about an ABC journalist. But now, with Trump’s 24-hour itinerary for […]

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese did something rare in Australian politics – he stood tall on the world stage. By Peter Brown For once, Australia has refused to be Washington’s obedient junior partner. Prime Minister Anthony […]

By Walt Zlotow   I must thank President Trump for a moment of personal enlightenment. He’s made me aware that for the past 75 years I’ve been a member of the domestic terrorist group Antifa. […]

John Lyons, ABC’s Americas editor, asked President Trump a question about his business dealings while in office. That’s it. That’s the whole story. He didn’t hurl a shoe, didn’t set fire to the Oval Office, […]