Tag Archives: Politics

Political challenges

Political challenges

As we close out 2021 there are two key areas that continue to be at the centre of Israel’s diplomatic and internal political challenges, as well as a third emerging issue of quite a different

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C. S. Lewis on Politics

C. S. Lewis on Politics

Lewis had much to say about political matters: I am a democrat because I believe in the Fall of Man. I think most people are democrats for the opposite reason. A great deal of democratic enthusiasm descends from the ideas of people like Rousseau, who …

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Sweet 16

Sweet 16

Amid Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s updated projections (based on some mightily rosy assumptions about COVID-19’s Omicron variant), a sweet $16 billion has been put aside over the next four years for “decisions taken but not yet announced”,

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Sweet 16

Sweet 16

Amid Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s updated projections (based on some mightily rosy assumptions about COVID-19’s Omicron variant), a sweet $16 billion has been put aside over the next four years for “decisions taken but not yet announced”,

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Mistakes made and lives saved

Mistakes made and lives saved

First was that his government had done the best it could, while acknowledging that mistakes had been made. “No government has got everything right,” he added this morning. Then, of course, there were the many lives his government had saved through its actions – though that number,

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Politics peninsula-style

THE Mornington Peninsula is facing possibly the biggest ever change to its political landscape. None of the familiar faces of multiple past elections will be contesting next year’s federal or state polls.

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Stunt woman

Stunt woman

Real or contrived, Morrison’s “Gladys for Warringah” push showcased his lack of respect for integrity and women

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