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…
Our barren, deformed political society
And if and when Trump is no longer President, all the ills of political system can…
The impeachment curse
The third impeachment of an American President in my living memory is now drawing to a…
The Crisis in Australian Politics 2010-2013 (reposted)
As described in the previous post, Free speech for public servants and Osip Mandelstam, I am…
On the virtue of not knowing (WordPress anniversary repost)
Today I am posting the last (for now) of my reposts from earlier, retired blogs. This…
My wordpress 11th anniversary retrospective: 3 dilemmas of government
I am continuing my blogging retrospective today by reposting a small think-piece from The Happy Pessimist…
Do we repair our republics with big ideas or ordinary virtues?
My old boss and sometime mentor, Terry Moran, has given an oration in which he sets…
Cultural fragmentation and the collapse of authority in Western democracies
During the week I was discussing with a young colleague at work the preparation of a…