2001 polls in review: September 11 influenced election outcome far more than Tampa incident
Feb 24, 2019 06:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Many commentators have compared Labors support for the Medevac legislation with the Tampa incident in late August 2001. The implication is that Labor lost the 2001 election due to Tampa, and could lose this years election...
Feb 22, 2019 09:08 am UTC| Politics
People always think that Melania Trump and Donald Trump do not have a good relationship as husband and wife. In fact, many see them as a mismatched couple who is only sticking together because they are currently the FLOTUS...
Vladimir Putin Set to Deliver State of the Nation Address Amid Significant Popularity Decline
Feb 20, 2019 10:19 am UTC| Politics
Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia will deliver his state of the nation address on Feb. 20. It was reported that this would be his first address to the houses of parliament since being re-elected to the presidency for...
Feb 20, 2019 10:19 am UTC| Politics
Donald Trump is threatening to cancel the $929 high-speed rail grant to California. The White House stated on Tuesday, Feb. 19, that the administration is looking into every legal option to recover $2.5 billion funds that...
Must the president be a moral leader?
Feb 19, 2019 17:03 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The best presidents including figures such as Abraham Lincoln and George Washington are celebrated not only as good leaders, but as good men. They embody not simply political skill, but personal virtue. Why, though,...
In Indonesia, young and old share fake news on social media
Feb 19, 2019 17:01 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life Politics
Recent research from the US shows that baby boomers or people over 65 years old with conservative political views are more likely than other age groups to share fake news through social media. Not in Indonesia. Our...
Labour split: new independent group of MPs could break Britain's political deadlock
Feb 19, 2019 17:00 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The rumours of a breakaway centrist movement have finally come to fruition. Frustrated at Labours supine approach to Brexit, and understandably angered by the leaderships attitude towards anti-Semitism within the party,...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight