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A loss for civilisation
According to my Oz-watching pals in Britain and the US, John Howard is not a failure but a victim of his own success. He made Australia safe for...
Rudd's confusing foreign policy
With a federal election campaign just a few weeks away, there are many things we still don't know about Kevin Rudd. We don't know his tax policy....
Ideology is a health risk
Belief is a powerful thing. Often belief in something can be sustained despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. In 1919, the Hungarian Georg...
Terrorism is real. Just ask those who have lost loved ones
One of the great myths of history is that communism never threatened Australia. It is a myth successfully propagated by generations of left-leaning...
Expect more gymnastics
The Dalai Lama's Australian visit has revealed the diplomatic gymnastics our politicians perform when they deal with China. "Checking the diary"...
Lest we forget to ask the reason why
At the front of the Baptist Church on Collins Street there is a banner that reads: "Seek Peace". And while peace is certainly preferable to war,...
Rudd's hollow words on war mirror Latham's
Kevin Rudd's announcement for a phased withdrawal from Iraq lacked all the pizzazz of Mark Latham's "troops home by Christmas" pledge. It is the...
The alliance is not the issue, it's about Iraq
John Howard's attack on US presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama was ill-conceived and ill-considered. It was bad politics and bad foreign...