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Trump vs Europe

Does Donald Trump want to destroy Europe in order to save it, or does he just want to destroy it, period?

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Charles Richardson Europe, Ideas, Political issues, United States, War and peace Leave a comment 15 December 2025

Desperate measures for the Victorian Liberals

The Victorian Liberal Party's 16th leader is also the first woman in the job. She has taken on a big task.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Ideas, Party matters 2 Comments 19 November 2025

How fascism works

Barnaby Joyce flirts with joining One Nation: he probably wouldn't last long, but in some ways he's a good fit.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Ideas, Party matters, Personalities 4 Comments 22 October 2025

Trump: two more views

Some more perspectives on what Trumpism is and where it is going.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Europe, Ideas, Party matters, Political issues, United States, War and peace 8 Comments 1 October 2025

Libertarianism for all

A former adversary realises that libertarianism holds some important truths for a troubled world.

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Charles Richardson Ideas, United States 1 Comment 8 September 2025

Free speech and antisemitism

The former defenders of free speech have gone quiet when it comes to suppressing pro-Palestinian opinion.

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Shifting right doesn’t stop the fascists

The far right wins an unexpected Senate seat in Australia, exposing again the futility of embracing its policies.

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The far right & the “Libertarians”

Australia's far right parties failed to make the electoral breakthrough that many expected. The Libertarian Party also does not seem to have done itself any good by joining their company.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Ideas, Party matters, United States 1 Comment 15 May 202515 May 2025

Overthinking Trumpism

Searching for philosophical depth in the Trump administration is a fool's errand.

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Charles Richardson Ideas, United States Leave a comment 8 April 20259 April 2025

Libertarians vs democracy, again

Matt Zwolinski explains what's wrong with the "libertarian" critique of democracy.

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Charles Richardson Ideas, Political issues, United States 2 Comments 28 March 2025

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