It was probably inevitable that my stay in the United States should coincide with another of the volcanic eruptions of…

 London Here, you can scarcely avoid the looming presence of the European Community. It seems that, every day, news arrives…

The first public opinion polls since the return of Kevin Rudd show that the Labor party is in with a…

As this is the thinking man’s column, I thought it useful to reflect on some of the wider issues emerging…