Could Japan’s experience with post-war propaganda help Australia?
Australia is caught in a history war that pits marginalised minorities against oppressive majorities. When politicians and commentators on both…
Still lost in China: conservatives must help liberate imprisoned patriots
Australian conservatives are in an uproar about the state of discourse on university campuses, especially after instances such as Harvard students’…
Dear Employer: leave my ‘personal development’ alone
In a glass office building that overlooked Elizabeth Quay and the Swan River, my two senior team leaders sat me…
The Voice must make a conservative case to win
The proliferation of Vote ‘Yes’ shirts on the university campus, bumper stickers, and YouTube campaigns where the speaker is sped…
China and Hong Kong: a tale of caution
Recent instances of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) censorship indicate its global and persistent efforts to block any pipelines of…
The modern Right’s Cold War moment
To the amusement of other classmates at the adults’ Saturday Vietnamese class, one tutor and I often wind up trying…
The blessing of conservatism
The Spectator Australia’s article The Curse Of Conservatism considered the knee-jerk opposition to Giorgia Meloni and her Brothers of Italy party…
Can conservatives embrace the arts?
Conservative political thought’s fractured history and philosophical developments should make for compelling artworks and literature. However, the Right is often…
Social trust with Covid is fragile
‘Can you please take off the face nappies?’ the workshop coordinator’s reading glasses magnify his eyes so they resemble a…
Covid and the availability bias
‘Are you more likely to die from a shark attack or falling aeroplane parts?’ Cognitive psychologists Amos Tversky and Daniel…
