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I Ought To Be Thy Adam
The Fallen Angels of Techno-Religion
 • Stephen McAlpine
A Handmaid’s Tale Down Under?
Commercial Surrogacy in Australia
 • Freya Leach and John Anderson
Why Australians Need To Stop Talking About Reconciliation
When empathy becomes vicious
 • John Anderson
It’s Time to Talk about the Trouble with Boys
(and it’s not toxic masculinity)
 • Simon Kennedy
Populism or Perish!
Listen to the Voters on Immigration
 • Salvatore Babones and John Anderson
Kumanjayi Little Baby and the Politics of Suffering
The widening gap between activist ideology and life in remote Aboriginal Australia
 • John Anderson
Welcome to 'Our Civilisational Moment'
Welcome to my Substack, which I’ve called ‘Our Civilisational Moment’.
 • John Anderson
Port Arthur cop-out exposes PM’s lack of courage
Like all Western countries, we are increasingly atomised, divided and distrustful of one another, and it is beyond doubt that the Bondi terrorist attack…
 • John Anderson
Memo to Kim Williams and the ABC: This is the age of ‘bro’ podcasts
The comments by the chairman of the ABC about Joe Rogan make you wonder whether he is another prime example of a disconnected elite.
 • John Anderson
Forget The Flags, It’s The Cynicism We’re Not Buying
“Woolworths loves Australia, and love being Australian.” So say the websites of several Woolworths locations.
 • John Anderson
Have the courage to rewrite story of Western decline
Across the West today there is a growing sense of decline, division and anxiety.
 • John Anderson
If We Fight Each Other We’ll Have No Country To Fight For
“Know yourself”, advised the ancient Oracle of Delphi.
 • John Anderson
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