German media ignore Hersh + the Greens’ Faustian bargain during the Yugoslav Wars leads directly to Germany’s perilous position today as divisions erupt over ongoing escalation with Russia.
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A man at a Connells Point barbecue who boldly stated that he doesn’t know much about politics before embarking upon a rant about what’s wrong with the state of the world has proven to be 100% correct. “I thought maybe... Read More ›
It is possible to infer a few things from recent Ukraine push-and-pulling, but none of it is reassuring.
Corporate lobbyists are sponsoring events celebrating racial progress to advocate for their clients' business interests.
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At personal, national and international levels, crises provide learning opportunities. How to adapt to loss by seeking change, how to think differently about family, community and nation by, among other things, pondering the meaning of security and sovereignty. Immediate responses to the massive earthquake disasters in Turkey and Syria concern rescue, shelter, food supply, healthcare Continue reading »
Secrets make us paranoid. We should do away with secrets and spies and become a truly open society. We have become so obsessed with the so-called ‘China threat’ that our fears are now totally irrational. The decision by the USA to shoot down a Chinese balloon might have had a strange logic to it, but Continue reading »
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh published a story Wednesday alleging that the United States was behind the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline system last year, citing a source “with direct knowledge of the operational planning.” The Biden White House adamantly denied the veteran investigative journalist’s reporting, calling it “complete fiction.” Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative Continue reading »
Foreign Minister Penny Wong invoked the power of shared colonial histories in a speech during her recent visit to the United Kingdom. The statement was clearly carefully prepared and framed but, judging from her recorded comments, it seems that she has not thought through the implications of the adoption of radical post-colonial diplomacy. Rather, she Continue reading »
Obama has an edifice complex! Who'd have thunk it?