Self-Inflicted Harm: The Persecution of Assange
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The WikiLeaks document dumps caused embarrassment to some governments. However, for all the repetitions of the charge against Assange that he put the lives of US... Read more.
The Crisis of Democracy and the New Right
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The old left-right divide has become obsolete. Instead, the new divide is between the international technocratic elite in alliance with national elites against the... Read more.
Covid Vaccines: Savior or Killer Shot?
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In sum, therefore, looked at together, the two pairs of examples from North America and Australasia indicate a weak to negligible role of vaccines and the critical... Read more.
WHO Accords Warrant Sovereignty Concern
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The two sets of changes to the architecture of global health governance, I argued, will effectively change the WHO from a technical advisory organisation offering... Read more.
Six Explanations for Rising Vaccine Hesitancy
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In April last year, UNICEF reported that vaccination coverage had decreased in 112 countries and 67 million children had missed out on at least one vaccination over... Read more.
How Gender Ideology Breeds Toxic Law
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The lesson is to privilege fact-finding and evidence over gender, put faith in a due process-centred rule of law over mob rule, reaffirm presumption of innocence... Read more.
Australian Senate to Investigate Excess Mortality
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Clearly, most people are done with Covid and have stopped paying heed to the advice from public health authorities. This of course contains its own long-term dangers.... Read more.
Elites at War with the People
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How long until centre-right political leaders across the Western democracies grasp the truth that the cultural hegemony is not as crushingly successful as believed... Read more.
Fact-Checker, Check Thyself
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Thorsteinn Siglaugsson was wickedly accurate in sketching the typology of fact-checking techniques. Create a straw-man argument that can be easily knocked down.... Read more.
The WHO Wants to Rule the World
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) will present two new texts for adoption by its governing body, the World Health Assembly comprising delegates from 194 member... Read more.
The Year of Elections
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This is the year of elections, with 50 (World Economic Forum), 64 (Time), or 80 (Guardian) countries and the EU going to the polls, accounting for almost half the... Read more.
Australia to Face an Honest Inquiry
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These are big questions. The answers to them need and demand an independent, impartial, and rigorous inquiry helmed by credible people with the appropriate mix of... Read more.