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December 2020

Trump came to power as the repudiation of the Republican establishment. But the conservative political class and the new leader soon reached an understanding. Whatever their differences on issues like trade and immigration, they shared a basic goal: to strip-mine public assets for the benefit of private interests.

George Packer

The metamorphosis of Jesus Christ from a humble servant of the abject poor to a symbol that stands for gun rights, prosperity theology, anti-science, limited government (that neglects the destitute) and fierce nationalism is truly the strangest transformation in human history.

Rainn Wilson

A little knowledge

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In a previous piece, I mentioned that while studying for my Ph.D., I undertook course work in ‘scientific Russian’ and ‘scientific German’ to give me a limited knowledge of both…

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Weird that Scott Morrison has consistently basked in NSW’s successes during the pandemic but now is nowhere to be seen as soon as the going gets tough.

Matt Burke

305,000

By US Politics2 Comments

Ever since Donald Trump lost the US presidential election by a margin, in electoral college terms, of 306 votes to 2321, that he described four years ago as a landslide,…

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The paradise of the rich is made out of the hell of the poor.

Victor Hugo