Chuck Hagel's nomination brings back into focus the old debate between realists and idealists over American foreign policy.
Category: Ideas
More to liberty than gun rights
So if gun rights need to be defended as a safeguard against tyranny, why are conservatives so cavalier about trashing other safeguards?
The perils of insular thinking
Melbourne's ticketing fiasco reflects the same sort of insularity that gave us compulsory voting and a broken school funding system, among other things.
Season’s Greetings
The World is Not Enough would like to wish all our readers the very best for the festive season, under whatever name you know it. My view, for what it's worth, is that Christmas in Australia is fundamentally a secular festival, and that no-one should feel hampered by their religious views (or lack thereof) in … Continue reading Season’s Greetings
Free speech: just for nice people, or for crazy racists as well?
If you're compiling a list of salient political issues for 2012, free speech should probably get a prominent place. The debate that began last year in Australia with the Andrew Bolt case has continued, reaching a new pitch this month with apowerful intervention by former New South Wales chief justice (and new ABC chairman) Jim … Continue reading Free speech: just for nice people, or for crazy racists as well?
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