October, 2026 - Rationale Magazine

31 Oct

The name Niccolo Machiavelli is controversial. His work has become so synonymous with cunning political strategy, it gave rise to the t...

27 Oct

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24 Oct

Liberalism is in trouble. Its underlying ideas still have some popular resonance, but they attract little support in mainstream politic...

18 Oct

See current affairs through the eyes of cartoonist Matt Bissett-Johnson. Published 18 October 2026.

17 Oct

In May 2025, the Albanese Labor government’s decisive victory suggested that the tides of populism which had inundated Europe and the U...

12 Oct

Annie Jacobsen is a bold investigative journalist and the author of a string of portentous books on the military and intelligence insti...

08 Oct

In my youth, somewhere in the late 1990s, when I was a goth or a punk or something, I had a t-shirt proclaiming, “Ignorance should not ...

04 Oct

Charles Darwin, the famous naturalist, suffered debilitating, relapsing illness for most of his adult life. Early symptoms of this illn...

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