Ambushing Pope Francis: The Accusations of Cardinal Viganò
It could be called the apology drive, a journey of institutional contrition. Pope Francis’ Ireland trip has seeped with remarks of forgiveness, seeking understanding from […]
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When all else fails – dogwhistle
By 2353NM Religious organisations have been getting a bad rap in Australia recently, thanks to the Royal Commission that investigated serial abuse of children and […]
Modern Memories: The Invasion of Czechoslovakia 1968
It was a year of manic tumult. Students revolted in Paris and other global capitals; the Tet Offensive permanently impaired the US war effort in […]
Cultures of Death: Pope Francis, Apology and Child Abuse
It was long overdue, but Pope Francis’s letter of condemnation and apology regarding the abuse of children by Catholic priests did sent a few ripples […]
Charisma and Banality: Kofi Annan and the UN
Being the head of a creature essentially without spine, and, even more to the point, with vague form, must be something of a challenge. Part […]
Meaningless Titles and Liveable Cities: Melbourne loses to Vienna
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has gone about its annual business of releasing its World’s Most Liveable City index, the sort of flotsam that matters […]
Banning Alex Jones and Infowars
He is treated as the bogeyman of conspiracy entertainment, and Alex Jones has become a prominent figure for advancing a host of unsavoury views. High […]
The Non-University and the Manager
We have been seeing over the last few decades the birth of the non-university, an institution hollowed out of its seminal functions: teaching and scholarship. […]
Has Australia become a nation of crooks?
By Ad astra I’ve been an Australian for a long while now. I always thought that Aussies were a decent bunch, wedded to the notion […]
Trillion Dollar Companies: The Apple Empire and Concentrated Markets
It seems a distant reality, or nightmare now: a company that was near defunct in 1996, now finding itself at the imperial pinnacle of the […]
Longman By-Election: Failed LNP Paradigms Revisited
The federal LNP certainly seized upon Longman as its best chance on Super Saturday. Cheered on by initially favourable opinion polls, Prime Minister Turnbull persisted […]
Findings and Non-Findings: The MH370 Report
It does little to allay the grief of relatives and friends, but the MH370 report on the doomed, and ever spectral Malaysian passenger liner merely […]
1943 – AN EPIC YEAR: Turning the Nazi-fascist tide (part four)
On 25 July 1943 – as Primo Levi recalled – came the internal collapse of Fascism, the piazzas jammed with happy, fraternal crowds, the spontaneous and precarious joy of a […]
1943 – AN EPIC YEAR: Turning the Nazi-fascist tide (part three)
On 25 July 1943 – as Primo Levi recalled – came the internal collapse of Fascism, the piazzas jammed with happy, fraternal crowds, the spontaneous and precarious joy of a […]
1943 – AN EPIC YEAR: Turning the Nazi-fascist tide (part two)
On 25 July 1943 – as Primo Levi recalled – came the internal collapse of Fascism, the piazzas jammed with happy, fraternal crowds, the spontaneous and precarious joy of a […]