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Democracy

The Architecture of Capture: How the Separation of Powers Dies in Practice, Not in Law
Democracy / Government / Justice / Law / Political theory / Rule of Law

The Architecture of Capture: How the Separation of Powers Dies in Practice, Not in Law

Weakening the separation of the legislative and administrative branches of the law risks a partisan judiciary that acts on political intent rather than justice guidelines.

3 Comments
September 4, 2026
The Devil’s Fiddle: On the Transaction at the Heart of Democratic Politics
Accountability / Government / Propaganda

The Devil’s Fiddle: On the Transaction at the Heart of Democratic Politics

Democracy is revised and delivered anew at election, it's form dependent upon the critical evaluation of the voter of the offers and past performance.

8 Comments
April 24, 2026
The Long Unravelling: Alternative Facts, a Democratic Emergency
Democracy / Propaganda / Rule of Law

The Long Unravelling: Alternative Facts, a Democratic Emergency

Democracy must grow beyond the blight of the performative and blind tribal loyalty through genuine accountability to rebuild voter trust.

15 Comments
March 29, 2026
Populist Politics: Australia’s One Nation and the American Warning
Commonwealth Government / Democracy / Discrimination / Government / Racism / White Australia

Populist Politics: Australia’s One Nation and the American Warning

Australia must learn from the deterioration of democratic freedoms of the United States and defend the freedoms of individuals and independence of the courts.

11 Comments
March 20, 2026
The Collapse of American Liberal Democracy
Democracy / Government / Rule of Law

The Collapse of American Liberal Democracy

The slide of the United States to an autocratic state reflects a broader trend across the world.

6 Comments
March 19, 2026
The Parsley Massacre and the Politics of Exclusion: Haiti and America
Discrimination / Discrimination/Racism / Genocide / Racism / Shared humanity

The Parsley Massacre and the Politics of Exclusion: Haiti and America

The exclusionary politics that devastated the Haitian people are being played out almost a century later in the United States.

11 Comments
March 15, 2026
This ephemeral thing we call democracy
Corruption / Culture / Democracy / Human Rights / Respect / Rule of Law

This ephemeral thing we call democracy

To forget the past is to the lose the future.

13 Comments
December 29, 2011

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  • RAMSI - the scion of the juggernaut of greed

    Solomon Star
    13 October 2011
  • AFP accused of fabricating evidence, yet again

    Solomon Star (Print only)
    4 October 2011
  • Moti affair

    Solomon Star
    14 September 2011
  • Moti affair

    Fiji Sun
    12 September 2011
  • Moti appeal exposes mixed loyalties and judicial corruption

    Solomon Star
    22 July 2011
  • Moti end game

    FijiSun
    22 July 2011
  • Letters to the editor: Article by Bakchos

    Solomon Star
    20 July 2011
  • Co-operate or else! AFP thuggery for a white Australia

    Solomon Star
    24 June 2011
  • The strange case of Bill Johnson, a study in neo-colonial hypocrisy

    Solomon Star
    17 June 2011
  • Neo-colonialism in the Torres Strait

    Solomon Star
    14 June 2011
  • Moti and other affairs

    Solomon Star
    9 June 2011
  • Comment: Excellent Read

    Fiji Sun
    7 June 2011

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Recent Comments

  1. Bill Wheatley on Songs as Archive

    Didn’t you study classics at uni? I assume that’s where you learned Ancient Greek, I was surprised to read your…

  2. Hakeem on Friends in The AFP and a Malicious Prosecution

    Angel Marina is a white man with limited ability, such people have a habit of falling upwards at black peoples…

  3. Hakeem on Appointment Without Accountability: Jon White, the ACT DPP and the Long Shadow of a Political Prosecution

    Jon White clearly ran a racist prosecution service in the ACT.

  4. Hakeem on Songs as Archive

    I find your post about aboriginal Australia informative and engaging. I knew nothing about the history of Aboriginal Australia. I…

  5. Hakeem on Words That Arm: Why Pauline Hanson’s Racism Matters

    Another whitewash. The black man carries the the burden of the white man’s crimes. Disgusting.

  6. Jen on Songs as Archive

    The argument is that oral tradition is history in a particular sense, with strengths and limits that should be stated…

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