Law & Politics
Sotomayor’s dissent and the future of a republic
Paul Monk
11/08/2024
This article is part of our ‘Mulling over America’ feature series, with contributors providing Rationalist perspectives on what is happening ...
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Thomas Matthew Crooks was wrong to pull the trigger, but right to be afraid of Trump
Jonathan Meddings
17/07/2024
This article is part of our ‘Mulling over America’ feature series, with contributors providing Rationalist perspectives on what is happening ...
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Faith-based politics is nothing new in Australia
Frank Bongiorno
08/07/2024
Senator Fatima Payman’s defection over Labor Party policy on statehood for the Palestinians has generated wider discussion about the written ...
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How Jefferson and Madison’s partnership shaped America’s separation of church and state
Steven K. Green
01/07/2024
Few constitutional principles are more familiar to the average American than the separation of church and state. According to the ...
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Junk science in Australia’s courtrooms
Gary Edmond
06/06/2024
The conviction of Robert Farquharson for the murder of his three sons on Father’s Day 2005 is being questioned in the media, ...
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Antisemitism: No echo of the past in current troubles
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 ...
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Archbishop Fisher’s slicing and dicing of religion
Paul Monk
12/04/2024
In The Australian on March 25 this year, front page and op-ed coverage was given to objections by the Catholic ...
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Why I’m speaking out about discrimination in Christian schools
David Patterson
18/03/2024
I’ve worked for the Christian Schools Australia (CSA) network as a finance and risk manager for a number of years. ...
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Reaching for the mountain tops in Mayor Tate’s kingdom
Si Gladman
13/03/2024
Sue Baynes loves Christmas. A self-declared “Christmas tragic”, she gets her Christmas tree set up early – in November – ...
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Think again about America’s decline and the emerging new order
Paul Monk
09/03/2024
This article is part of our ‘Mulling over America’ feature series, with contributors providing Rationalist perspectives on what is happening ...
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Fear and loathing rule Australia’s ‘angry’ media landscape
Victoria Fielding
05/03/2024
Australia has a problem with illegal migration. Well, no, not a collapse of Operation Sovereign Borders, or the offshore processing laws ...
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The dubious day of the demagogue
Geoffrey Barker
01/03/2024
This article is part of our ‘Mulling over America’ feature series, with contributors providing Rationalist perspectives on what is happening ...
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