Articles - Rationale Magazine

Paul Monk 19/02/2026

How are we to think rationally and clearly about the drama unfolding in Iran? As a veteran historian and analyst ...

Matt Bissett-Johnson 15/02/2026

See current affairs through the eyes of cartoonist Matt Bissett-Johnson. Published 15 February 2026.

Robert Colls 12/02/2026

In October 1945, George Orwell responded to a letter from Mr J Stewart Cook in the leftwing weekly newspaper Tribune ...

Rationale Magazine 07/02/2026

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

Beth DuFault 04/02/2026

People often see science as a world apart: cool, rational and untouched by persuasion or performance. In this view, scientists simply discover ...

Si Gladman 31/01/2026

This is Part 3 in our ‘The Census Files’ series. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. In early October ...