December, 2025 - Rationale Magazine

31 Dec

At the end of each year, we bring you the top articles that have captivated our members and readers the most over the past 12 months, a...

29 Dec

Sales of Hannah Arendt's The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951) rocketed when Donald Trump won the 2016 US presidential election. Nearly...

21 Dec

If Plato was the first Western political philosopher, Aristotle was the first political scientist in today’s sense. Plato's Republic, f...

17 Dec

To me, empathy is being able to imagine, understand, and feel what it is like to be in another person’s shoes – to walk with them and t...

13 Dec

See current affairs through the eyes of cartoonist Matt Bissett-Johnson. Published 13 December 2025.

10 Dec

The federal government’s Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024 will today take effect, restricting Austral...

05 Dec

On 22 February 2020, 'Mad' Mike Hughes towed a homemade rocket to the Mojave Desert and launched himself into the sky. His goal?...

02 Dec

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