Law & Politics - Rationale Magazine

Nuri Veronika 07/10/2022

The death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman, while in the custody of Iran’s ‘morality police’ in Tehran sparked anger ...

Nicholas Davis 28/09/2022

The human face is special. It is simultaneously public and personal. Our faces reveal sensitive information about us: who we ...

Maria O'Sullivan 19/09/2022

During the present period of mourning for Queen Elizabeth II, public sensitivities in the United Kingdom and Australia are high. ...

Noel Turnbull 15/09/2022

Pope Innocent II has a lot to answer for. After his elevation to the papacy in 1130, the church was ...

Gary Bakker 31/08/2022

In my previous article for Rationale, titled Sex, gender and identity: It’s complicated, I described some of the complexities around ...

Lisa Hill 24/08/2022

Our voting choices are only authentic if our decisions are informed by truthful information. That condition is now increasingly elusive. ...

Holly Lawford-Smith 15/08/2022

The latest in a series of intra-left conflicts turns on the decision to bar male athletes from competition in the ...

Jane Morris 06/08/2022

In June 2005, royal assent was given to the Criminal Code Amendment (Suicide Related Material Offences) Bill 2005. This ushered ...

Jessica McDonald 03/08/2022

This article is co-published by the Rationalist Society of Australia and Humanists Australia. In April this year, the president of ...

Paul Monk 07/07/2022

Douglas Murray is a wonderfully free spirit who lucidly tackles the manias of political correctness with erudition, panache and limpid ...

Si Gladman 04/07/2022

When parliament resumes in Canberra later this month, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will have an opportunity to delve back into ...

Julia Bowes 28/06/2022

Protests continue after the United States Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade case, which protected a woman’s right ...