Trump win a loss for our cities
By Cassie Cohen As the world comes to terms with Donald Trump’s shock presidential victory, Australians are piecing together what the next four years will […]
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The problem with a Trump reborn
By Anthony Element For the past twenty four hours we’ve seen right wing politicians around the world, including the Turnbull government and One Nation, rushing […]
Well, Trump me dead!
By Bob Rafto A Trump win was predicted by Professor Allan Lichtman who also predicted every presidential winner since 1984. With Professor Lichtman prediction, I thought it […]
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 […]
Our Republic can be a Treaty
By R D Wood At present a discussion of the republic seems separate from a discussion of a treaty with Indigenous people. And yet, a […]
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 […]
World War 3 is not something we should be taking lightly
By Stuart Dobson Suddenly a world war is back on the table. How did this happen? World War 3 seemed like an impossibility even just […]
How far off is abrupt Climate Change?
By Keith Antonysen The debate about coal verses renewables can go on for a long period, but, nature makes the decisions in the end. Previously, […]
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 […]
With the closure of Hazelwood something ‘green’ can grow
By Jennifer Meyer-Smith Hazelwood’s closure is a central issue to the whole of the world (even if they don’t know it yet) and it’s happening […]
Do we really need to listen to the crazy ideas of One Nation?
By Tracie Aylmer So some people want Australia to leave the United Nations. This is one of the most farcical brain farts that One Nation […]
Arno, 4th November 1966
It is fifty years to the day since the flood of Florence destroyed thousands, many thousands of works of art. The river Arno was not […]
Mr Turnbull, you are making me feel unsafe
An open letter to Malcolm Turnbull, by Tracie Aylmer. You are making me feel unsafe! Dear Sir, Your refugee policies are making me feel extraordinarily […]