Aging voting machines threaten election integrity
Apr 04, 2016 16:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics Technology
Imagine you went to your basement and dusted off the laptop or mobile phone that you used in 2002. What would happen if you tried to turn it on? We dont have to guess. Around the country this election year, people are...
Are Trump and Sanders rewriting the rules on money in politics?
Apr 04, 2016 16:35 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
A persistent question raised in this presidential election cycle is whether assumptions about American politics need to be rewritten, especially those related to money. The rise of self-funded Donald Trump and...
There's a good reason we're so interested in the US election: it matters
Apr 04, 2016 00:31 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Kim Beazley was Australian ambassador to the United States from 2010 until January 2016, and a former leader of the federal Labor Party. He is now a senior fellow at the Perth USAsia Centre. This is the first of an...
How Anonymous hacked Donald Trump
Mar 30, 2016 15:38 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
When Anonymous declared total war on Donald Trump in early March, the hacktivist group set a countdown clock, calling on everyone to target Trump websites on April 1. But that may not have been its real...
US Presidential Election Series: Bernie Sanders shows why his campaign should continue
Mar 28, 2016 08:01 am UTC| Commentary Politics
Democratic presidential aspirant, Bernie Sanders, who has been running under dog, to front runner Hilary Clinton showed on Saturday primaries, why his campaign should not end and he to keep fighting. Mr. Bernie has been...
Trump: the pseudo-president in waiting
Mar 28, 2016 01:07 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Donald Trump, the bastard. Not only has he offended Muslims, Mexicans, women, the pope, his president, peaceful protesters at his increasingly fascist-style rallies, the residents of Brussels and reasonable opinion in...
Will voters' fear of terrorism propel Trump to the White House?
Mar 26, 2016 06:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
The Islamic States bombing of an airport terminal and subway station in Brussels, Belgium on March 22 horrified the world. But Donald Trump saw a silver lining in the latest terrorist atrocity. During an interview a few...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects