Articles by Dr John Smith

In my last piece, I looked at how Scott Morrison appeared to have lost the support of the man who truly runs Australia. There we […]

Prologue: Historical Background In the period from roughly 641AD to the so-called Triumph of Orthodoxy in 843, the Byzantine Empire, based in modern Istanbul, went […]

America’s Dad Bernard Sanders has ‘suspended his campaign’, which is politician speak for dropping out. The result is that former Vice President Joe Biden is […]

Krystal Ball of Rising on The Hill TV recently made a comment that perfectly encapsulates Joe Biden and the Democrats. I want to give her […]

The acolytes of neoliberalism are likely to view this piece as politicising the current crisis. I care not. For decades we have been told that […]

The bias of the media, but particularly MSNBC, against Bernie Sanders has seemingly reached its zenith. Host Chris Matthews compared Bernie’s win in the Nevada […]

In the Style of Our Late Master, Mr John Clarke Brian: Now, your name is De Pledge? John: My name is De Pledge, yes Brian, […]

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is running for President on the Democratic side. Mr Bloomberg, despite corporate media’s kvetching, is, in fact, an oligarch […]

In The Style of Our Late Master, Mr John Clarke Brian: Now, your name is Reid? John: My name is Reid, yes Brian, good evening […]

The Morrison Government is in a unique state that combines chaos and suspended animation. The Prime Minister himself is, as David Speers pointed out, stuck […]

The media has made much in the last day or two about the allegation that Trump warned Republican Senators, who serve as the jury in […]

It used to be said that conservatism was essentially selfishness manifested as a political ideology. This ideology took the form of the quip ‘for me […]

We pick up with Mr. Albanese and the trained monkey already in progress Interview, Part Five: Albo Stumbles  Asked if his policy would involve a […]