George W. Bush, Freudian Confessions and Foiled Assassinations
Death, remarked Gore Vidal about Truman Capote’s passing, was a good career move. The novelist Saki also considered the good qualities of shuffling off the […]
Articles by Dr Binoy Kampmark
The Economy of Tolerable Massacres: The Uvalde Shootings
Societies generate their own economies of tolerable cruelties and injustices. Poverty, for instance, will be allowed, as long a sufficient number of individuals are profiting. […]
The Great Teal Tsunami: Arise Australia’s Independents
Rarely in Australian history has a governing party suffered such loss in the face of an opponent unable to claim complete victory. It said much […]
Australian Disinformation Wonderland: The Federal Election 2022
All elections are filled with the half-truths, mistruths and full-fledged lies. Victory is rarely bought on a platform of complete honesty. But the road to […]
COVID Brain Fade at the Australian Elections
It’s the last week of an election between the uninspiring and the unspeakable. Australia’s conservative incumbents – the unspeakable ones – are even desperate enough […]
Peter Dutton’s Defamation Defeat
The occasions when an activist, writer or commentator triumph over defamation lawsuits launched by a thin-skinned politician are rare in Australia. When it comes to […]
Morbid Matters: Estimating COVID-19 Mortality
It has dominated news cycles, debates and policies since 2020, but COVID-19 continues to exercise the interest of number crunchers and talliers. While the ghoulish […]
Rogues and Spyware: Pegasus Strikes in Spain
Weapons, lacking sentience and moral orientation, are there to be used by all. Once out, these creations can never be rebottled. Effective spyware, that most […]
Barnaby Joyce: Election Gonzo and China Fears
Always looking, and sounding, a touch unhinged, the beetroot-coloured Barnaby Joyce, leader of the Australian Nationals and, for a time now, deputy prime minister, has […]
Greg Norman: Saudi Arabia’s Sportswashing Emissary
As with previous breakaway religions thrilled by the prospect of the new, breakaway sporting competitions offer a chance to reassess doctrine, administration, and philosophies. It […]
Bongbong Politics: Rehabilitating the Marcos Family
Children should not pay for the sins of their parents. But in some cases, a healthy suspicion of the offspring is needed, notably when it […]
Leaking for Roe v Wade
The US Supreme Court Chief Justice was furious. For the first time in history, the raw judicial process of one of the most powerful, and […]
Noise Matters: Wind Farms, Nuisance and the Law
For years, the Australian wind farm has been reviled as ugly, noisy and unendearing by a certain number of prominent figures. Former Prime Minister Tony […]
Panic in Kooyong: The Threat to the Australian Liberal Party
He has been seen, not always accurately, as the more moderate in an otherwise conservative Liberal Party, which has governed Australia since 2013 in an […]
Slaying the Dragon of Net Zero Emissions
The Queensland Nationals Senator Matt Canavan is a jewel of parochialism, a darling of nutty consternation. As a member of a party historically hostile to […]