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This article was written in response to a question raised during a recent discussion with a young person concerned about the erosion of free speech and the increasing use of legal systems to silence dissent. […]

By Dr Dan Steinbock   Renewed U.S.-Iran hostilities and Israel’s continuing military campaigns reflect rising risks of a wider Middle East conflict and elevated energy and food crises internationally. The United States and Iran traded […]

Let the mockery and disdain begin. The elected member of the Essex seat of Clacton, also leader of the populist Reform UK party, has decided to avoid the investigation into his financial affairs by going […]

Recently, after just a single news bulletin I feel beaten-up. It commonly prompts an emotional journey that is similar to that of a ping-pong ball in a cyclone. Koalas dying – whack – Trump – […]

Was the total extermination of Australia’s Indigenous people deliberately intended? I would argue that it was. For much of Australia’s colonial history, it was considered acceptable to shoot Aboriginal people. Many colonists believed God had […]

I found this piece stored at the bottom of my Mac, gathering dust, and when I read it, I remembered using the Leviticus passages during debates with others about their authority. It is reputed to […]

Ceasefires in the Middle East seem especially susceptible to revision, alteration and contradiction. Missiles still get fired; airstrikes initiated. Destruction to infrastructure, and death, follows. Yet despite the misunderstandings, the sniping and the harrying, these […]

Nigel Farage is not a picture of happiness. As Britain’s version of Trumpism (only a version, never a facsimile), the leader of Reform UK had been flying high in the polls. But his themes are […]

I am on the verge of getting all philosophical in public. Which is not the way that this relationship should unfold. As a columnist I am supposed to highlight a problem and then provide a […]