Slavery, agency and stuff that matters So much talk about the injustices of history. Sad and thought-provoking. I see an obvious connecti...

Paul Kelly summarises: ‘Australia’s second wave of COVID-19 will come with a fearful price — not just more infections but signs of psycho...

The starting point is where the world is now. Sweden stands alone as a nation that chose to let the virus do its work in the hope of achi...

There has always been much discussion round history, culture and historic portrayal, but over the last few weeks it has exploded. The dis...

Nick Cater

The deadly virus is infecting more people faster than it has so far. The highest rates of infection are in underdeveloped nations and the...

Unsurprisingly, I have received a number of suggestions regarding the most exciting thinkers of our world today. Here are the ones I have...

Today I felt uninspired about matters I am normally interested in. Fortunately a good friend from New York sent me a previously secret l...

Corona Virus, lack of jobs, increasing tension due to poverty and limited opportunity, the right to carry arms, genuine political protest...

Regular readers will know Henry is a frequent reader of the Quadrant magazine. Here is a summary of a nice article from October 2016. (On...

'Lie Machines: How to Save Democracy from Troll Armies, Deceitful Robots, Junk News Operations, and Political Operatives' by Philip N. How...