13 ways of looking at a bureaucrat
In early 2017 I wrote a series of posts – or let us call them essays…
The impeachment curse
The final forced impeachment of Donald Trump has ended in the result that should never happen…
Report from a besieged city (Melbourne)
Today 12 February, Melbourne and all the citizens of Victoria have been thrown, with eleven hours…
America’s fate: civil war, fragmentation or collapse?
Today after the distressing events and death in the Capitol building of Washington DC that interrupted…
The year of fear: 2020 in review
The year of fear 2020 has been the year of the Great Fear. This Fear has…
Cultural fragmentation and the collapse of authority in Western democracies
My repost today comes from 22 April 2018, and seems relevant to the difficulties we are…
Viral Meltdown – Year in Review
As part of my The Kaeleidoscope of 2020: Year in Review post I have updated with…
On human frailty in governing
Today I am reposting this piece from July 2019, following the 2019 Australian election. It is…
The kaleidoscope of 2020: year in review
A tradition that I have embraced on this blog over the last few years has been…
A solution to political decay: the ordinary virtues of governing well
I am reposting this reflection on the response to political decay in the midst of the…