A collection of 111 posts
Fund manager Derek Francis tells Claire Lehmann that Treasury's modelling of Australia's new capital gains tax contains a basic error — one that could push tax rates on shares as high as 70 percent.
NGO Monitor founder Gerald Steinberg on how Amnesty, Human Rights Watch, and the UN's "civil society" experiment were hijacked — and why journalists still buy it.
This case shows how quickly tragedy becomes raw material for those who seek to exploit it.
The new Michael Jackson biopic and the campaign to whitewash the King of Pop’s reputation.
Evolutionary psychology suggests an explanation for why so many people have found dating apps a frustrating experience.
The Bondi massacre is a warning that Australia’s failure to demand integration from recent immigrants may be leading it down a dark path. Israel shows that multiculturalism can work, but only in a nation with a strong sense of identity.
Emily Schrader joins Pamela Paresky to explain how Iran’s regime works, why reform has failed, and what may come next.
Australia has long been considered politically stable compared with Europe and the United States. But according to political scientist Eric Kaufmann, that period of “Australian exceptionalism” may be coming to an end.
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay speaks with Iranian-Canadian human-rights activist Kaveh Shahrooz about whether Reza Pahlavi, the eldest son of the last Shah of Iran, might rise to power as a new Prince of Persia.
How religious conservatives cancelled philosopher Bertrand Russell in 1940, sparking academic freedom debates that echo today.
Historian Gadi Taub discusses media leaks, military censorship, and the Sde Teiman controversy in Israel—and his defamation suit against Ronen Bergman.
Escalating house prices and density rules trap young people in renting, eroding homeownership—a key to democracy.
For their research showing that rape is generally motivated by sexual desire, Randy Thornhill and Craig Palmer were subjected to death threats and hounded in their personal and professional lives. And yet, they were right.
Tasmania looks like wilderness from afar. Up close, it is lush, intimate, and unexpectedly generous—a place that feels familiar, yet entirely its own.
How did Britain end up granting citizenship to radical activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah?