France unveils a more right-wing government after deadlock
Paris, France Reuters France unveiled a new government on Saturday that aims to strike a fine balance between right-wingers and centrists, as Prime Minister Michel Barnier hopes to break political deadlock following snap elections that delivered a hung parliament. After two-and-a-half months of political uncertainty since centrist President Emmanuel Macron’s surprise decision to call early […]
Culture wars
You have no doubt heard about the culture wars. Right wing and woke people battling it out in the public square for the hearts and minds of the average Aussie. Image posed by models. PICTURE: Afif Ramdhasuma/Unsplash It’s easy to get sucked into this battle and become an online keyboard warrior. My 22-year-old daughter recently pointed […]
Right-wing Meloni sworn in as Italy’s first woman prime minister
Rome, Italy Reuters Giorgia Meloni was sworn in as Italy’s first woman Prime Minister on Saturday alongside her cabinet team, giving the country its most right-wing government since World War II. She takes office at an especially fraught moment, with Italy’s debt-laden economy once again heading into recession, firms buckling under the weight of soaring […]
Italy’s right-wing, led by Meloni, set to win election
Rome, Italy Reuters A right-wing alliance led by Giorgia Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party was on course for a clear majority in the next parliament, giving the country its most right-wing government since World War II. Meloni, as leader of the largest coalition party, was also likely to become Italy’s first woman Prime Minister. Leader […]
An Argentine libertarian channels inner Trump to “blow up” political status quo
Buenos Aires Reuters Javier Milei, an ebullient Argentine economist with wild hair and an avid fan base, was once known for his theatrical and acerbic televised takedowns of the country’s political elite. Now he has a shot of taking them down at the ballot box. The admirer of former US President Donald Trump, who was […]
Essay: Billy Graham was the ‘last non-partisan evangelical’?
US academic JOHN G STACKHOUSE, Jr, in an article first published on Religion News Service, challenges the notion that Billy Graham was the ‘last non-partisan evangelical’…