Flat White
The new rotten boroughs of accountability
Technology should not replace Parliament; it should discipline it
The breach of trust fuelling One Nation
One Nation is now the most intriguing phenomenon in Australian politics. Thirty years after Pauline Hanson first entered federal Parliament,…
Why Canberra wasn’t told
Iran war was not ‘demented’, just overdue...
From Atousa to Noor
In this article, I seek to trace a continuum between the distant past of my homeland, Iran, and its imagined…
Moira Deeming’s preselection chaos demands Liberal Party reform
This can never be allowed to happen again
How Australia can prosper in a lawless world
Navigating the epidemic of world lawlessness – part two
Build-up to war
Navigating the epidemic of world lawlessness – part one
Policies for prosperity
Grantlee Kieza’s biography of Mary Reibey (1777-1855), the woman pictured on the $20 note, provides a splendid account of how…
Deeming them unfit to govern
An extinction level event for the party of Menzies
Democracy makes you rich
How can you make ordinary people prosperous? Free trade and the market economy was George Reid’s controversial policy (Prime Minister…
The ghosts of lockdowns past
In a macabre parallel with the Easter celebration, the National Cabinet was resurrected this week, dragged back into life, ostensibly…
The questions that keep us alive
The future of Jewish life will not be secured by persuading the world, but by inspiring our children
The ‘Bros’ unite on a scapegoat
...and they have settled on the Jew
Moira Deeming must move to One Nation
From Macau: The Victorian Liberals have done it again, only this time the farce has played out in under 24…
A new North Korea in the making
The opaque curtain around Iran
Trust, control, and crisis: a tale of two nations
Iran demonstrates civilisation cohesion while Australia behaves as a low-trust society
You cannot reform a snake: venom is in its DNA
Maga and Miga take the fight to the Mullahs of Iran
The war in Iran isn’t about oil, it’s about sulphur…
What appeared to be an energy crisis is rapidly becoming a materials crisis
Wisdom, truth, and joy
The foundations of Zoroaster’s philosophy
What did I miss?
Australia’s political week in fast-forward
Celebrate 2038: in twelve years, Australia turns 250
We need to start getting ready
Australia’s fuel crisis: political incompetence, not Iran
The severity of the global fuel crisis hitting Australia – that may well reverberate for years to come – is…
Shabbat Shalom: to those who run towards the fire
There is a line I have found myself returning to this week, watching events unfold in different corners of the…
Care factor ‘zero’ for striking ABC staffers
Many support an independent, ad-free broadcaster, but not at any cost
ABC staff chuck a tantrum while taxpayers foot the bill
The entitlement complex is breathtaking
