Articles - Rationale Magazine

Michael Liffman 11/05/2024

I have been re-reading the unbearably heart-rending letters sent from my parents in Germany and Austria to their more fortunate ...

Rationale Magazine 07/05/2024

Editor’s note: If you would like to submit a letter for possible publication, please email it to editor@rationalist.com.au. See our Publishing ...

Graeme Gibson 04/05/2024

Let me introduce you to a young boy known as ‘Peanut’. James Delarue is his real name but, with affection, ...

Brendan C. Walsh 01/05/2024

In recent decades, governments the world over have increasingly taken action to address the dark history of witch-hunting. In western ...

Peter C Doherty 27/04/2024

All good scientists are sceptics. Scepticism is central to the scientific method, which is basically designed to prevent the most ...

Rhys Hagan 23/04/2024

It had been a year since I saw my family. In the Army, it was a year of obeying orders, ...