October 2024
Ethel Kennedy, passionate supporter of the family legacy, dies at 96
The widow of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and a popular and vital force in the Kennedy political dynasty, died from after suffering a stroke last week.
August 2024
‘This country is better than that’: Caroline Kennedy on Trump shooting
The only remaining child of John F. Kennedy says she’s ashamed there are still Americans prepared to resort to extreme violence because of political differences.
July 2024
How toxic talk turns too easily to assassin’s bullets
A more centrist political culture doesn’t make Australia immune to the language that has inflamed American politics in recent times.
Trump’s survival will turbocharge the Republican convention
The former president’s narrow escape from death is giving new life to his campaign, and Joe Biden’s address calling for unity won’t fix the extreme division in America.
A history of political assassination in the US
There have been several instances of political violence targeting US presidents, former presidents and major party presidential candidates.
June 2024
Will Keir Starmer go wobbly on AUKUS?
The fantasy of a post-Brexit “global Britain” is gone, but British Labour says it will be everywhere around the world, and all at once.
Why next week’s Biden v Trump debate is so important
A set piece clash between Joe Biden and Donald Trump will turn less on policies than on manner and appearance. What they say will matter less than how they seem.
May 2024
How the US Supreme Court became a political organisation
When judges make decisions that should be left to politicians, they undermine democracy.
April 2024
The uneasy truce between Donald Trump and Fox News
Every media outlet in the world is grappling with how to cover Donald Trump, as his pronouncements become more stuffed with false claims. But the dilemma is most vexing for Fox News.
January 2024
America has seen it all – another Trump term won’t destroy it
I believe in America enough to think that it would take more than another term of Trump as president to destroy American democracy.
December 2023
Henry Kissinger was an inconsistent opportunist
America’s 20th century foreign policy giant and statesman was driven more by domestic considerations than he would ever have admitted.
November 2023
Joe Biden’s year of living dangerously
A Donald Trump victory next year would make the incumbent the most consequential single-term president in history – but not in a way he would wish.
August 2023
America’s starting to look a lot like South America
It will take the wisdom of Solomon to steer the US back on to the path of stability and normality.
June 2023
Inside the wild mind of Robert Kennedy, candidate for president
The son of the assassinated US senator is a leading anti-vax conspiracy theorist. He’s also keen on getting into the Oval Office like his uncle did.
March 2023
In their own words: Why US, UK and Australian leaders back AUKUS
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, US President Joe Biden, and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced details of the AUKUS submarine deal in San Diego.
February 2023
Why business is losing faith in the government
When the treasurer talks about “partnering with business” and “making markets better”, there is simply scepticism and nervousness among the business community.
January 2023
Why Joe Biden would be greater if he stayed a oncer
Biden did America the service of getting rid of Trump. But he isn’t the solution voters are looking for now and should give up on 2024.
Economy needs a personal trainer, not more pills
Excessive QE has made our policymakers lazy. Our 2023 resolution should be for productivity-enhancing reforms rather than constant RBA medication.
October 2022
US election pushes buttons at toy sale
Clive Evatt’s collection of US election badges estimated at $400 sells for $10,000 in a five-day sale of the contents of the Leuralla toy museum.
Biden warns of ‘nuclear Armageddon’ in Ukraine war
The US president said the risk of atomic war had not been so high since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.