Mutual Decline: The Failings of Student Evaluations
That time of the year. Student evaluations are being gathered by the data crunchers. Participation rates are being noted. Attitudes and responses are mapped. The […]
Articles by Dr Binoy Kampmark
Eyes Without The Prize: Stripping Aung San Suu Kyi’s Awards
It is impossible to see peace prize or freedom awards as anything other than fragments of an industry. In time, ideals become marketable and matters […]
A Parliament of Irresponsibility: Peter Dutton, Section 44 and Pecuniary Interests
It took place as the blades were being sharpened for a palace coup in August. On Radio National’s breakfast program, Deputy Leader of Labor, Tanya […]
Steve Bannon at Oxford
Steve Bannon. The Oxford Union. A university that has been the breeding, sculpting and minting ground for British prime ministers for centuries and the Establishment. […]
Fanciful Notions: European Armies, Trump and NATO
The idea of a standing European army, one dedicated to the specific needs of Europe as opposed to being an annex of another power is […]
Coming Up Against Yellow Vests: Emmanuel Macron’s Fuel Problem
Governments and ruling regimes tend to face revolution in the face of harsh hikes in prices. Margaret Thatcher’s rule in Britain was rocked by the […]
Bringing God and Finding Death: A Christian Missionary on North Sentinel Island
Curiosity for the undiscovered last tribe, that tantalising moment when eyes are cast upon the previously unseen, remains the anthropological Holy Grail. But to do […]
Forgetting Jamal Khashoggi: Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia and Brute Realism
“I never thought I’d see the day a White House would moonlight as a public relations firm for the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.” Senator […]
Big Mouthed Blue-Eyes: Frank Sinatra in Australia
The demigods are rarely tempered, and Frank Sinatra, who considered himself one, along with a horde of adulating fans, was one who rarely faced the […]
Unnecessary Fussing: China, the United States and APEC
The parents on the global stage of power are bickering and now, such entertainingly distracting forums as APEC (the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum) are left […]
Charges Under Seal: US Prosecutors Get Busy With Julian Assange
Those with a stake in the hustling racket of empire have little time for the contrariness that comes with exposing classified information. Those who do […]
The Jerusalem Tangle: ScoMo’s Recognition Policy Stumbles
Jerusalem, deemed a holy city, and seen as trade item, bargaining chip and bartering tool over the centuries. Sought by the major faiths, despoiled at […]
The Disgruntled Former Prime Minister
The disgruntled former prime minister is a rather large, and growing club, on the Australian scene. The country has become known for its killing seasons, […]
Convenient Demonologies: Stopping Migrant Caravans
President Donald J. Trump has been engaged with berating human caravans, a spectacle that might have been odd in another era. At first instance, it […]
Remembering the Peace Makers: What the Armistice Commemorations Forgot
Those in the war industry and the business of commemorating the dead have little time for peace, even as they supposedly celebrate it. For them, […]