Grieving for the US
I recently viewed the 1997 movie Good Will Hunting. The final shot is a widescreen view of an old car driven through a verdant landscape, as the hero, who happens to be a mathematical genius (Matt Damon), drives into his future, having resolved his issues, seeking new opportunities in California.
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13 October 2025
These are fighting words
As political violence escalates in the United States, chaos is spreading and democracy itself is under threat. The words of anger, ill-considered and increasingly crude, are accelerant on the American bonfire.
12 October 2025
The UN in Trump’s world and the implications for Australia’s independence
Unfair criticism has often been levelled at the UN. None has been so gratuitously nasty than President Trump’s 23 September 2025 General Assembly address.
11 October 2025
Van Jones and the moral vacancy of American commentary on Gaza
The US pundit’s dead Gaza baby joke was not a slip of the tongue, but a window into a media culture that trivialises Palestinian suffering and deflects responsibility.
11 October 2025
The return of the KKK?
President Donald Trump is imposing a right-wing political ideology and practice that increasingly resembles what Christ Hedges has dubbed “Christian fascism.
10 October 2025
Our American obsession
I have spent seven years of my life in the United States and much of my writing has been influenced by the US.
10 October 2025
Campus leaders mobilise to battle Trump’s anti-education ‘Compact’ tooth and nail
“Workers, students, campus community members across this great country are coming together to fight for a higher education system that actually works for all – one that is affordable, strengthens freedom and democracy, and stands up to its public mission.”
9 October 2025
Between two wounds: Gaza confronts Trump's plan to end the war
On a cold morning in central Gaza City, Nevin Al-Barbari, 35, sat in what remained of her family home, watching her two-year-old daughter, Reem, explore the rooms she had only recently come to know.
6 October 2025
Palestinians out by 7 October?
No wonder Israel’s prime minister was grinning. He had his fourth meeting this year with President Trump. He also got what he came for: permission to finish the job.
6 October 2025
The malignant minds taking over the American health sector
“He enjoyed showing people how he put baby chickens and mice in the blender to feed his hawks.” It was a striking description of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., written by his cousin, Ambassador Caroline Kennedy.
5 October 2025
Dementia president: Could it be that Trump has truly lost his mind?
Given his behaviour, it could very well be that the president of the United States is going nuts.
4 October 2025
Bernie and AOC explain how Trump and GOP are about to double insurance premiums for millions of Americans
“This messaging is approximately 142 times better,” said one political observer, “than Democrats are getting from leadership.”
4 October 2025
Erasing Gaza's ecosystem
Israel is rightly known for its technological prowess, not least when it comes to making war.
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