Democracy is the friend of liberalism, not its enemy. Maybe it's the friend of neoliberalism as well, if only we could agree on what that means.
Category: Australia
Two follow-up notes about France
Two additional comments to make following this morning's post on France: one on betting odds and the other on the dilemma of the Australian right.
Tribalism trumps policy at News Corp
A News Corp writer endorses the National Front. How many more will follow him?
Amazing hypocrisy on free speech
A Palestinian activist falls foul of the federal government's highly selective concern for freedom of speech.
Western Australia wraps up
Final results from Western Australia confirm the dimensions of Labor's victory. They also show the upper house, for all its undemocratic structure, reflecting the popular vote rather well.
An anti-Trump landslide in WA
Western Australia delivers a powerful lesson to centre-right parties about dalliance with extremists.
Neo-fascism, here and there: part I
Western Australia will be the first test of One Nation's support since its triumphant return to prominence last year. The Liberal Party appears to have learned nothing, either from the European parallels or from its own experience.
Another lesson for direct-election republicans
The lesson of Macedonia is another belated vindication of Malcolm Turnbull's position in the 1999 referendum.
What Bernardi means
Cory Bernardi is an anomaly among Australian conservatives. That may lead to his rapid disappearance, or it may make him uniquely dangerous.
Australia’s missing conscience
The Australian government baulks at condemning Donald Trump's barbarism, for fear that its own barbarism should be undermined.
