Russia’s national disease can be cured by defeat
From a psychological perspective, Russia may have collective paranoid schizophrenia and needs to be defeated for catharsis
Xi keeps Russia’s war alive
With one phone call, the war against Ukraine could be ended and the missiles stopped from hitting children’s hospitals. And,…
Crossing
The announcer said that the train – crowded with women and their children – was nearing the last station before…
Fencing
Persistent thumping and early morning glare woke Anton. As he opened his eyes, through a torn and flimsy curtain, he…
The April Fools’ Day joke that wasn’t a joke
In what some experts are calling ‘the lowest point in the history of the United Nations’, the Russian Federation assumed the…
Deadly Western trends
Australia is about as far away from the war on Ukraine as one can get, but this week it showed…
The centre-right should get on their bikes
The bicycle is the machine that best represents conservative and libertarian worldviews, and we cannot let our bikes be co-opted…
Theatre of the absurd
While Putin’s Russian Federation is one of the world’s most corrupt and cruel regimes, it quizzically continues to be obsessed…
Amnesty International’s shame
While writer Myroslav Marynovych was a political prisoner of the USSR from 1977-87, he received letters from supporters who were…
Multiculturalism is in, and that's a good thing
According to the latest Census results, for the first time, more than half of Australians (51.2 per cent) are now…
Ukraine’s war? There’s an app for that
Technology and innovation fighting brutal hardware and aggression
Tough choices make strong people
In Australia, our choices can often be slippery. In Ukraine, choices are as hard and sharp as the spiky steel…
To 'crush and colonise'
The Russians may well love their children too, but many of their views about their war on Ukraine span a…
Propaganda unleashed
Putin’s right-hand man and Defence Minister, Sergei Shoigu, has publicly described propaganda and disinformation as weapons of equal standing in…
From the ground in Ukraine: aid and terror
It is a strange thing to travel toward a war zone. As one drives in the direction of Ukraine, all…
Morrison must make a choice about Ukraine
On Sunday morning, Prime Minister Scott Morrison attended church as he very often does. Except yesterday, it was at a…
Letter from New York – where empathy is exhausted
This week, in one carriage of the New York City subway, there were seven homeless people taking shelter on an…
The Great Resignation is coming to Australia
The Great Resignation looks to soon arrive in Australia and, if we’re not careful, it may also bring with it…
Woke work is unhappy work
The more that we talk about work/life balance and diverse and inclusive workplaces, the unhappier we seem to be. Over…
Glasgow and the greenhouse gap
As we watch the bureaucratic minions and the behemothic motorcades circulating in Glasgow, the ‘Greenhouse Gap’ appears to be growing. On one side of…
Tough love: why we risk being a really miserable lot
A regular series of rules for life by Pete Shmigel, a former senior state and federal political advisor and CEO…
Tough Love: Covid-19 and the racism of low expectations
A regular series of rules for life by Pete Shmigel, a former senior state and federal political advisor and CEO…
A lockdown opponent’s wish: may I be courageous like Soviet dissidents I knew
At 58, I have for the first time become a dissident. I am in active opposition to Covid-19 related policies…
Tough love: how lockdown’s got us painting rocks and why that’s not all bad
A regular series of rules for life by Pete Shmigel, a former senior state and federal political advisor and CEO…
Today the troops appear on Sydney streets – and it’s heartbreaking that they’ve been sent there by Liberals.
From this morning 300 Australian Defence Force personnel will be deployed on Sydney’s streets after a weekend’s worth of training…
