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Panic is tightening its grip on our politicians
We sometimes forget just how hard politics can be as a vocation, how it brutally exposes those in office to unforgiving scrutiny. We forget because...
The politics of the “new evangelicals”: Rethinking abortion and gay marriage: Marcia Pally
In 2005, no less a publication than Christianity Today wrote, "George W. Bush is not Lord ... The American flag is not the Cross. The Pledge of...
Racism with a democratic face: Truth, lies and Gaza
In a world that celebrates the onward march of democracy, the Palestinian people have been left behind. When the first free elections - which were...
Four More Years...
Today we learnt that Barack Obama will be the President of the USA for another term. Much of the debate preceding Obama’s election victory...
Ethics probe into Transport and Main Roads D-G Michael Caltabiano
SIDELINED Transport and Main Roads' boss Michael Caltabiano will continue to bank around $10,000 a week while he awaits the outcome of an Ethics...
US election: Obama vote dilemma for black Christians
For millions of black Christians in the United States, the decision about who to vote for in the forthcoming Presidential elections is far from...
Julia Gillard is no feminist hero
She has been praised for standing up to sexism but Australia's prime minister is also rolling back rights
Australia’s prime minister comes out swinging in sexism row’
"Smoking hot" was how many observers described Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's blistering attack on sexism and misogyny in...
True Progressivism
A new form of radical centrist politics is needed to tackle inequality without hurting economic growth
Why we must resist the march of the moralists
LITTLE over 100 years ago American writer Henry Adams mused that "morality is a private and costly luxury". Today it has become a cheap,...
Everybody Matters: A Memoir by Mary Robinson
Mary Robinson is perhaps best known as the woman who became the first female president of Ireland back in 1990. Over her career she's tackled...
Prissy shrieks of fear and loathing
Something to know about Alan Jones - the key thing, really - is that he's not all that bright. Far from it. Despite the artfully constructed...
The ultimate dilemma - freedom to preach v freedom of speech
Jenna Price claims to be just an ''ordinary'' person who is ''sick of the way that Alan Jones speaks to us and tries to whip...
My Ethics: In politics, ethics matter more than issues
Every four years, we go through a long and tortuous process of winnowing down a field of candidates to the two that are presumably best suited to...
Political donations ethical issue: Palmer
Queensland billionaire Clive Palmer says his disagreement with Opposition Leader Tony Abbott over political donations is about ethics and propriety.
Ethics classes to stay in NSW: Piccoli
Ethics classes are here to stay in NSW, with a parliamentary committee's recommending that alternatives to scripture continue in primary schools...
Following orders: How Hitler ruled from the grave
BERLIN. May 1945. A single incident in the dying hours of the Third Reich graphically illustrates the imperative of blind obedience, regardless of...
The power of ideas: Why politics needs philosophy
Europe spawns its best ideas during moments of crisis. Socrates after the Peloponnesian wars. Augustine during the collapse of Rome. Kant and Hegel...
Slipper, the Opposition and a little matter of principle
The word principle is thrown around often, particularly when there's a political scandal. This week, our ethics panel examine the notion of principle...
Principle trumps political advantage in the Slipper affair
The issue of how we should respond to allegations made against the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Peter Slipper, is of profound importance.
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