War is not glory and to use the sacrifice of the fallen as propaganda for new battles, to undermine the courage and mateship for political gain is an insult.
The gap between a government's rhetoric and its conduct is the full measure of its character.
Far from buckling to threats by the United States, Pope Leo XIV's response has made clear that the papacy will not be bullied into compliance.
A post on photography, empire, and moral Witness
Old men at the end of their lives send young people at the beginning of theirs to fight and die for something they have no say in .
Accounts from the First World War demonstrate that even in the hells of the trenches humanity was not completely lost.
Bereft of the insight to realise the inconsistency of actions versus proclaimed values, the West faces a moral conundrum in the war with Iran.
The misrepresentation of historical facts such as the Holocaust, dishonours the sufferings and deprivations of those who experienced the worst of humankind.
Resistance to governmental overreach and the abuse of human dignity is a moral imperative that may be carried out through non-violent acts.
Democracies require honest communicators who resist the temptation to leverage social anxiety.
I It was midnight in the country, And dust upon the lane – From city square to hollow field Echoed voices lost in pain. Men and women, worn and weary,…
Socratic and Buddhist assert the importance of ethics and personal autonomy in critically examining personal belief and behaviour.
Exclusion of Palestinian writer Randa Abdel-Fatah by the Board of the Australian Writer's Festival is a shameful reflection of political interference.
King Grift the Great, with a gold-foil crown, Parades through towns in his made-for-TV gown. He kisses the babies (but pockets their sweets), Spins tales of the swamp to billionaires’…
Introduction John Winston Howard, Australia's 25th Prime Minister, served from 1996 to 2007, a period marked by economic prosperity, conservative reforms, and a series of controversial policies that have left…
Contemporary social and political extremism represents an expansive moral cowardice that threatens inclusion and genuine democracies.
In the noise of cable panels, viral takes, and the relentless churn of social media, the Jeffrey Epstein scandal has lodged itself in the national imagination like a splinter: painful,…
The lessons of Nuremberg are being forgotten as the world plunges into an age of self-indulgence.
Shame is not a primal instinct, but a conditioned response, one based on the values we develop as we mature.
There's nothing valuable about mediocrity, especially when the gains are easily won.