Millimetres from Midnight
The United States came unfathomably close to complete disaster only two months ago, but you wouldn't know it from watching Tuesday's debate.
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THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM
Dec 22, 202316 min
Whither Voice?
Yet another case of not learning from history - or, more accurately, learning the wrong lessons from it.
Sep 23, 20229 min
The legacies left at era's end
The greatest legacy a political leader can have is giving up.
Aug 5, 202111 min
What price freedom?
Freedoms are imperfect, but right now they desperately need defending.
May 30, 20187 min
Big Trouble in Brittle Italia
The Italian election has brought about another crisis for the future of the European Union.
Nov 9, 201714 min
The Democratic Party's long road to ruin
How Democrats in the 1970s paved the way for the party's massive defeat in 2016.
Sep 9, 20176 min
Squabbling and secession: more signs of a broken federation
A brief history of why Western Australia voted to secede, and why it keeps threatening to do so, decades later.
Aug 11, 20175 min
Creative taxation: A sign of a failing federation
Australian states are asking where all their money has gone. They should check the federal government's wallet.
Jun 28, 201710 min
The Northern Ireland Question
As long as Northern Ireland exists, there will be the question of how long it will continue to exist for.
May 30, 20176 min
Clapping in parliament: the dangers of a simple courtesy
Clapping in parliament is both rude and against the rules, and for good reason.
May 12, 20174 min
Will this man save the European Union?
Emmanuel Macron has five years to prove he is the saviour of the European Union.
Apr 11, 201715 min
A contender emerges for the WAELOAT
That's the Worst Australian Electoral Loss of All Time.
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