Be careful what you (pretend to) wish for
Oh the irony. Trump never had any real intention of becoming President. From the very beginning, this was purely a Trump brand marketing exercise – […]
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Women in a Trumpian world
World markets took a frightful tumble when the US President-Elect turned out to be Donald Trump, something I found temporarily mystifying as you’d think they’d […]
You just elected Trump. Now what?
By Sean Hurley Here we are November 9th 2016, Trump is the big man on campus in the United States, the President Elect. Can you […]
Trump’s one potentially great idea
By Anthony Element Setting aside for a moment, the socially and morally reprehensible ideas Trump has come out with, the infrastructure comment in his acceptance […]
Trying to Understand
Even before Trump won I did a lot of reading to try to understand why he would even get one vote, let alone millions. There […]
Trump may be just what Australia Needs
Notwithstanding the shock-horror first reaction to Donald Trump’s stunning victory, when the dust settles, the next president of the USA has already shown some good […]
Living with Trump
The single most important asset Australia must have to adjust to the new world order we face from next January is a government capable of dealing […]
The perils of democracy
Neo-liberal economics has torn our society apart. We are no longer a community – we are individuals each trying to accumulate and protect as much […]
Inequality is an invasive global cancer
By Ad astra Inequality has been the subject of several pieces on The Political Sword. They have focussed primarily on income and wealth inequality, which […]
The danger of being swamped by confident idiots
The Trump phenomenon and the influence of One Nation on local politics highlight how irrational beliefs seem to be shaping world events to a disturbing […]
Refugees, the CFMEU, the DIBP, investor visas – who are the real criminals?
Considering Peter Dutton’s last public attempt at humour wasn’t received so well, joking about “Cape York time” and “water lapping at your door”, he was […]
It’s time to win back the ball
There is a strategy that is sometimes employed by rugby union teams that seems to have been also adopted by the Labor Party – don’t […]
What kind of a President would Donald Trump be? (The top 5 signs your would-be world leader’s narcissism is out of control)
With the US Election only days away, the rest of the world watches on as the American public decides who will be the next ‘leader […]
You don’t create stability by engaging in an arms race
The Coalition places enormous emphasis, and invests eye-watering sums of money, on defence. It should be asked, but never is by the me-too Labor Party […]
The problem with conservative warriors
By 2353NM A lot of employers place significant levels of trust in their employees. Retailers trust their employees to charge the customers the correct amount […]