Law & Politics
Think again about America’s decline and the emerging new order
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
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
This article is part of our ‘Mulling over America’ feature series, with contributors providing Rationalist perspectives on what is happening ...
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Satire saturation
I like to think of myself as having a good sense of humour. I am certainly not woke. I am ...
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The end of the ‘American moment’
This article is part of our ‘Mulling over America’ feature series, with contributors providing Rationalist perspectives on what is happening ...
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It’s a lose, lose, lose situation for Trump’s ‘Divided States of America’
This article is part of our ‘Mulling over America’ feature series, with contributors providing Rationalist perspectives on what is happening ...
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‘Australia Day’ controversy shows we’re a work in progress
The controversy surrounding Australia Day is no bad thing. January 26 is our annual reminder of the 1788 starting gun ...
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If you want peace in Palestine, don’t start from here!
There is an oft-told joke about someone lost in a rural area who finally encounters a local and requests directions ...
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Next steps in campaign to remove prayers from local government
This article is based on a speech given at the Secularism Australia Conference on 2 December 2023 in Sydney. In ...
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Between theocracy and democracy
This article is part of our ‘A secular Australian future’ feature series to mark the first Secularism Australia Conference, being held on Saturday ...
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The hope for secularism
This article is part of our ‘A secular Australian future’ feature series to mark the first Secularism Australia Conference, being held on ...
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Are we exaggerating the extent of antisemitism?
As a secular Jew whose parents were forever grateful for the refuge they found in Australia from Nazi Germany in ...
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