Politics as Lawfare

There is a wonderful quote from noted scary fascist (back when fascism was still a vogue and “the coming thing”) Oscar Benavides who was president of Peru from 1933-39. it’s as apposite as ever today:

To my friends, everything; to …

The AMA is Wrong About Julie Sladden

[This article was co-authored by Dr Jeyanthi Kunadhasan, Treasurer of the Australian Medical Professionals Society, and Dr Duncan Syme, Vice President of the Australian Medical professionals Society]

Last week, the AMA publicly called for the disendorsement of Tasmanian Liberal candidate …

Free Speech on Trial

In a lifetime of observing policy controversies and court cases, we’ve never witnessed anything as crucial to the future of the idea of freedom itself compared with what will transpire on March 18, 2024. On that day, the Supreme Court …

A Vision for a New Liberalism

The freedom-oriented movement that has steadily grown and galvanised opposition to government and corporate coercion in the last four years has produced many brilliant analyses of problems and culprits. Yet precious little time has been spent thinking about how a …

France Teeters on the Brink

In viewing this tragi-comic scene, 

the most opposite passions necessarily succeed, 

and sometimes mix with each other in the mind; 

alternate contempt and indignation; 

alternate laughter and tears;

alternate scorn and horror.

Edmund Burke

Upon first seeing videos of the …