February, 2025 - Rationale Magazine

28 Feb

Census decision undermines credibility of ABS

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25 Feb

Law & Politics

As Christian nationalism’s new figurehead, Trump inspires Australia’s extremes

The first days of Trump’s second presidency have passed with a flurry of tariff standoffs and literal turf wars with Greenland, ...

22 Feb

Law & Politics

Three reasons why Australia is unlikely to follow Trump’s anti-trans campaign

22/02/2025
By Paula Gerber
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Many people’s heads are spinning at the rapid rate that Donald Trump has been signing executive orders since becoming president – 70 in...

19 Feb

Law & Politics

Defending fragile democracies against the march of authoritarianism

Democracy is difficult. Democracy is fragile. Democracy, in its most inclusive modus operandi, pushes the boundaries too far for many p...

16 Feb

Art, Humour & Poetry

MBJ’s view

See current affairs through the eyes of cartoonist Matt Bissett-Johnson. Published 16 February 2025.

14 Feb

Law & Politics

The ‘Musk-eteer’ dismantling America

14/02/2025
By Paul Monk
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Elon Musk has been a shooting star. His ambitions and his energy have been awe-inspiring to observe, from banking to electric cars to s...

11 Feb

Law & Politics

Objectivity, independent media and news avoidance

12/02/2025
By Matt Walsh
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The way we get our news is changing fast. The latest research from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford U...

06 Feb

Ethics & Religion

Robert Harris, Edward Berger and the Vatican

06/02/2025
By Paul Monk
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Robert Harris is a gifted historical novelist, whose work spans millennia on topics from ancient Rome (Imperium, Pompeii, Dictator) to ...

03 Feb

Philosophy & Psychology

How psychologists kick-started AI by studying the human mind

05/02/2025
By Armita Zarnegar
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Many people think of psychology as being primarily about mental health, but its story goes far beyond that. As the science of the mind,...

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