Alexis de Tocqueville, the renowned author of Democracy in America , embarked on a mission from France to study American prisons in 1831 and 1832 and found himself in the company of numerous Harvard ...

Sandpit politics is rarely edifying and grown toddlers taking their fists to each other is unlikely to interest. But when they feature US President Donald Trump and the world's wealthiest man, the ...

Australian "liberalism" was, in practice, a nationalistic political philosophy that had much in common with other New World conservative nationalist parties such as the American Republicans of Abraham ...

The United Nations (UN) continues to act illegally in flagrant breach of article 80 of its own Charter.

Sensing this, the military mandarins, most prominently General Sir Roland Walker, head of the Army, have been more than encouraging, seeing the need to ready the country for war by 2027. Given the ...

Yet even in the midst of horror, it is vital – if we wish to find the hope and courage to fight on – to stop and smell the ...

Last year, I attended the Mailman School of Public Health graduation ceremony at Columbia University. The student selected to deliver a speech on behalf of the student body was an Arab woman. First, ...

Sydney University's United States Study Centre (USSC) has pointed out that in 2021, the US House of Representatives met for 160 days and planned to meet for 112 days in 2022. And the US Senate met for ...

The German government forced all its perfectly good reactors to close, resulting in the highest electricity prices and dirtiest air in the European Union. It is considering reversing that mistake with ...

At Election 2025, Peter Dutton kicked the own-goal of nuclear-net-zero. Reappointed Albanese Labor climate-Svengali Chris Bowen still spruiks 43% emissions reduction towards net-zero. It's far-fetched ...

As schools, parents and governments look at what more can be done to prevent bullying, we have to ask why children bully other kids. If we understand the motives, we can help thes ...

In England, climate change will put such springs at risk not too far into the future. He reports in his brief inter-chapters on the River Cam that the nationwide privatisation of riverways has put the ...