United States - Rationale Magazine

17 Jul

Thomas Matthew Crooks was wrong to pull the trigger, but right to be afraid of Trump

This article is part of our ‘Mulling over America’ feature series, with contributors providing Rationalist perspectives on what ...

01 Jul

History, Law & Politics

How Jefferson and Madison’s partnership shaped America’s separation of church and state

01/07/2024
By Steven K. Green
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Few constitutional principles are more familiar to the average American than the separation of church and state. According to the Pew R...

09 Mar

Feature series, Law & Politics

Think again about America’s decline and the emerging new order

10/03/2024
By Paul Monk
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This article is part of our 'Mulling over America' feature series, with contributors providing Rationalist perspectives on what ...

01 Mar

Feature series, Law & Politics

The dubious day of the demagogue

09/03/2024
By Geoffrey Barker
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This article is part of our ‘Mulling over America’ feature series, with contributors providing Rationalist perspectives on what ...

15 Feb

Feature series, Law & Politics

The end of the ‘American moment’

09/03/2024
By David James
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This article is part of our ‘Mulling over America’ feature series, with contributors providing Rationalist perspectives on what ...

12 Feb

Feature series, Law & Politics

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 ...

05 Feb

Letters to the Editor

Criticism of Israel’s militarism is not antisemitism

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

13 Feb

Law & Politics

The imperfect union of two presidents

13/02/2023
By Reg Naulty
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Joe Biden's relationship with Barack Obama, as explored by Gabriel Debenedetti in The Long Alliance: The Imperfect Union of Joe Bide...

01 Dec

Law & Politics

Trump’s counter-Enlightenment mindset

01/12/2022
By Geoffrey Barker
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Former United States President Donald Trump’s bid for a second term in the White House will doubtless prompt fresh efforts to understan...

25 Oct

Law & Politics

Why ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ is not a reliable guide to contemporary politics

25/10/2022
By Chris Fleming
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In January 2017, Donald Trump’s advisor Kellyanne Conway was quizzed on White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s false claims about th...

08 Sep

Ethics & Religion

Is Christian nationalism being written out of the 6 January story?

09/09/2022
By Joyce Dalsheim
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When they entered the Senate chamber on 6 January 2021, a group of insurgents stopped and bowed their heads in prayer to consecr...

01 Aug

Letters to the Editor

The American scream

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