Law & Politics
Satire saturation
Michael Liffman
23/02/2024
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’
David James
15/02/2024
This article is part of our ‘Mulling over America’ feature series, with contributors providing Rationalist perspectives on what is happening ...
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It’s a lose, lose, lose situation for Trump’s ‘Divided States of America’
Jonathan Meddings
12/02/2024
This article is part of our ‘Mulling over America’ feature series, with contributors providing Rationalist perspectives on what is happening ...
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‘Australia Day’ controversy shows we’re a work in progress
Robert Macklin
08/02/2024
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!
Ian Robinson
31/01/2024
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
Victor Franco
10/01/2024
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
Max Wallace
28/11/2023
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
Hugh Harris
25/11/2023
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?
Michael Liffman
23/11/2023
As a secular Jew whose parents were forever grateful for the refuge they found in Australia from Nazi Germany in ...
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Say your prayers
Si Gladman
21/11/2023
This article is part of our ‘A secular Australian future’ feature series to mark the first Secularism Australia Conference, being held ...
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Thinking clearly about the Gaza problem
Paul Monk
27/10/2023
Truth, an old saying has it, is the first casualty in war. Why would that be? Because the universal tendency ...
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Voice conspiracies follow the ‘fake news’ playbook
Micah Goldwater
13/10/2023
Australians preparing to vote in the Indigenous Voice referendum are facing a barrage of conspiracy theories: baseless allegations that the Voice involves reparations, ...
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