The danger for America is greater than ever with Trump’s rebirth
Forget the nonsense about a civil war: the issue is whether the domestic schism turns America into a malfunctioning giant.
Forget the nonsense about a civil war: the issue is whether the domestic schism turns America into a malfunctioning giant.
Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump have a responsibility to ensure this failed assassination attempt is not the prelude to more violence. At stake is the quality of American democracy.
Radical shifts in social order; technologies that shape as foe rather than friend; erosion of faith; an end to truth and facts. The strength of our good society is about to be put to the test.
The crisis in American leadership deepens as Joe Biden fights and falters on the world stage. The President who came to slay Trump is exposed as unfit for office.
In an exclusive interview, News Corporation chairman Lachlan Murdoch speaks passionately about freedom of the press and its value to democracy in a troubled world, and tells of his love for Australia, ‘a country of great opportunity’.
The Coalition in office suffered from fragmentation of the right; Labor in office will suffer from policy disruptions and cultural divisions within the left – an unravelling that will have a long fuse.
As Donald Trump, Nigel Farage and Marine Le Pen surge in popularity, the scourge of division politics is threatening Australia as well.
The Coalition cannot afford a binary policy debate: nuclear versus renewables. This is a phony debate. To the extent it occurs, the Coalition will lose.
The energy debate is complex and simple slogans like ‘no new gas’ lead nowhere. But there are traps for both Labor and the Coalition.
The Middle East war has exposed the sheer depth of shattered values in Australia.
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