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We Americans don’t know if we’re the good guys anymore

We Americans don’t know if we’re the good guys anymore

Without a cogent explanation, we’ve been left to speculate on Trump’s reasons for attacking Iran. Was it at the behest of Netanyahu? Or a...

wednesday 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert

Something has changed, we Americans don’t know if we’re the good guys anymore

Something has changed, we Americans don’t know if we’re the good guys anymore

Without a cogent explanation, we’ve been left to speculate on Trump’s reasons for attacking Iran. Was it at the behest of Netanyahu? Or a...

wednesday 10

The Age

Cory Alpert

Something has changed, we Americans don’t know if we’re the good guys anymore

Something has changed, we Americans don’t know if we’re the good guys anymore

Without a cogent explanation, we’ve been left to speculate on Trump’s reasons for attacking Iran. Was it at the behest of Netanyahu? Or a...

wednesday 10

WA Today

Cory Alpert

Something has changed, we Americans don’t know if we’re the good guys anymore

Something has changed, we Americans don’t know if we’re the good guys anymore

Without a cogent explanation, we’ve been left to speculate on Trump’s reasons for attacking Iran. Was it at the behest of Netanyahu? Or a...

wednesday 10

Brisbane Times

Cory Alpert

Trump’s TACO backdowns are no accident. It’s how he expands his power

With all Donald Trump’s backtracking he must be losing the political battle, right? Wrong, this is exactly how he wants to operate.

03.02.2026 8

WA Today

Cory Alpert

Trump’s TACO backdowns are no accident. It’s how he expands his power

With all Donald Trump’s backtracking he must be losing the political battle, right? Wrong, this is exactly how he wants to operate.

03.02.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert

Trump’s TACO backdowns are no accident. It’s how he expands his power

With all Donald Trump’s backtracking he must be losing the political battle, right? Wrong, this is exactly how he wants to operate.

03.02.2026 10

The Age

Cory Alpert

Trump’s TACO backdowns are no accident. It’s how he expands his power

With all Donald Trump’s backtracking he must be losing the political battle, right? Wrong, this is exactly how he wants to operate.

03.02.2026 7

Brisbane Times

Cory Alpert

Trump created a goon squad in his image. It’s replacing law with a state of panic

Trump has tied his political identity to a browbeaten fear of immigrants. With ICE agents, he has a force willing to carry out his violent demands.

20.01.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert

Trump created a goon squad in his image. It’s replacing law with a state of panic

Trump has tied his political identity to a browbeaten fear of immigrants. With ICE agents, he has a force willing to carry out his violent demands.

20.01.2026 30

The Age

Cory Alpert

Trump created a goon squad in his image. It’s replacing law with a state of panic

Trump has tied his political identity to a browbeaten fear of immigrants. With ICE agents, he has a force willing to carry out his violent demands.

20.01.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Cory Alpert

Trump’s goon squad isn’t cracking down on crime. It’s replacing law with a state of panic

Trump has tied his political identity to a browbeaten fear of immigrants and with ICE agents, he has a force willing to carry out his violent demands.

20.01.2026 20

WA Today

Cory Alpert

Trump has just sacked 30 ambassadors. The consequences for Australia are profound

In the past year, we have seen a wholesale change in how American power works, and these ambassadorial changes are an emblem of the president’s...

30.12.2025 10

WA Today

Cory Alpert

Trump has just sacked 30 ambassadors. The consequences for Australia are profound

In the past year, we have seen a wholesale change in how American power works, and these ambassadorial changes are an emblem of the president’s...

30.12.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert

Trump has just sacked 30 ambassadors. The consequences for Australia are profound

In the past year, we have seen a wholesale change in how American power works, and these ambassadorial changes are an emblem of the president’s...

30.12.2025 10

The Age

Cory Alpert

Trump has just sacked 30 ambassadors. The consequences for Australia are profound

In the past year, we have seen a wholesale change in how American power works, and these ambassadorial changes are an emblem of the president’s...

30.12.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Cory Alpert

How a dorky prime minister and a nation of rule abiders is changing the world

Australia may be shy of its influence, but its social media laws have made it a global headline. From Germany to Singapore, people are asking if...

14.12.2025 20

WA Today

Cory Alpert

How a dorky prime minister and a nation of rule abiders is changing the world

Australia may be shy of its influence, but its social media laws have made it a global headline. From Germany to Singapore, people are asking if...

14.12.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert

How a dorky prime minister and a nation of rule abiders is changing the world

Australia may be shy of its influence, but its social media laws have made it a global headline. From Germany to Singapore, people are asking if...

14.12.2025 20

The Age

Cory Alpert

How a dorky prime minister and a nation of rule abiders is changing the world

Australia may be shy of its influence, but its social media laws have made it a global headline. From Germany to Singapore, people are asking if...

14.12.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Cory Alpert

Why did young men move left in this month’s US elections?

24.11.2025 6

The Guardian

Cory Alpert

The desperate calculation behind Trump’s backdown over the Epstein files

Something interesting is happening with Donald Trump and his reputation for being immune to scandal. There’s an anger here that won’t go away.

17.11.2025 10

WA Today

Cory Alpert

The desperate calculation behind Trump’s backdown over the Epstein files

Something interesting is happening with Donald Trump and his reputation for being immune to scandal. There’s an anger here that won’t go away.

17.11.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert

The desperate calculation behind Trump’s backdown over the Epstein files

Something interesting is happening with Donald Trump and his reputation for being immune to scandal. There’s an anger here that won’t go away.

17.11.2025 10

The Age

Cory Alpert

The desperate calculation behind Trump’s backdown over the Epstein files

Something interesting is happening with Donald Trump and his reputation for being immune to scandal. There’s an anger here that won’t go away.

17.11.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Cory Alpert

One in eight Americans go hungry as shutdown ravages world’s wealthiest country

The crisis in the United States right now isn’t that government is broken; it’s that so many people have simply stopped expecting it to work.

30.10.2025 9

WA Today

Cory Alpert

One in eight Americans go hungry as shutdown ravages world’s wealthiest country

The crisis in the United States right now isn’t that government is broken; it’s that so many people have simply stopped expecting it to work.

30.10.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert

One in eight Americans go hungry as shutdown ravages world’s wealthiest country

The crisis in the United States right now isn’t that government is broken; it’s that so many people have simply stopped expecting it to work.

30.10.2025 6

The Age

Cory Alpert

One in eight Americans go hungry as shutdown ravages world’s wealthiest country

The crisis in the United States right now isn’t that government is broken; it’s that so many people have simply stopped expecting it to work.

30.10.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Cory Alpert

The world looks to Trump for peace, we get volatility and the master of grift

The US president uses unpredictability as leverage as we’ve seen from Ukraine to Gaza but he mistakes confusion for control, volatility for strength.

12.10.2025 10

WA Today

Cory Alpert

The world looks to Trump for peace, we get volatility and the master of grift

The US president uses unpredictability as leverage as we’ve seen from Ukraine to Gaza but he mistakes confusion for control, volatility for strength.

12.10.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert

The world looks to Trump for peace, we get volatility and the master of grift

The US president uses unpredictability as leverage as we’ve seen from Ukraine to Gaza but he mistakes confusion for control, volatility for strength.

12.10.2025 10

The Age

Cory Alpert

The world looks to Trump for peace, we get volatility and the master of grift

The US president uses unpredictability as leverage as we’ve seen from Ukraine to Gaza but he mistakes confusion for control, volatility for strength.

12.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Cory Alpert

With Charlie Kirk’s death, the MAGA movement gains its first patron saint

While it’s easy to find condemnation for senseless violence, and feel sympathy towards Kirk’s wife and young children, it’s difficult to find empathy.

14.09.2025 10

WA Today

Cory Alpert

With Charlie Kirk’s death, the MAGA movement gains its first patron saint

While it’s easy to find condemnation for senseless violence, and feel sympathy towards Kirk’s wife and young children, it’s difficult to find empathy.

14.09.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert

With Charlie Kirk’s death, the MAGA movement gains its first patron saint

While it’s easy to find condemnation for senseless violence, and feel sympathy towards Kirk’s wife and young children, it’s difficult to find empathy.

14.09.2025 10

The Age

Cory Alpert

With Charlie Kirk’s death, the MAGA movement gains its first patron saint

While it’s easy to find condemnation for senseless violence, and feel sympathy towards Kirk’s wife and young children, it’s difficult to find empathy.

14.09.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Cory Alpert

After a holiday romance with dictatorship, Trump is returning to reality

This week, Congress returns to Washington. Budget fights, judicial confirmations, and fresh scrutiny of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill awaits the...

31.08.2025 20

WA Today

Cory Alpert

After a holiday romance with dictatorship, Trump is returning to reality

This week, Congress returns to Washington. Budget fights, judicial confirmations, and fresh scrutiny of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill awaits the...

31.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert

After a holiday romance with dictatorship, Trump is returning to reality

This week, Congress returns to Washington. Budget fights, judicial confirmations, and fresh scrutiny of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill awaits the...

31.08.2025 10

The Age

Cory Alpert

After a holiday romance with dictatorship, Trump is returning to reality

This week, Congress returns to Washington. Budget fights, judicial confirmations, and fresh scrutiny of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill awaits the...

31.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Cory Alpert

Posturing over peace: What Trump and Putin’s meeting was really about

In one of the few places on Earth where both men were safe, the point of this summit was never to resolve the war in Ukraine.

17.08.2025 10

WA Today

Cory Alpert

Posturing over peace: What Trump and Putin’s meeting was really about

In one of the few places on Earth where both men were safe, the point of this summit was never to resolve the war in Ukraine.

17.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert

Posturing over peace: What Trump and Putin’s meeting was really about

In one of the few places on Earth where both men were safe, the point of this summit was never to resolve the war in Ukraine.

17.08.2025 10

The Age

Cory Alpert

Posturing over peace: What Trump and Putin’s meeting was really about

In one of the few places on Earth where both men were safe, the point of this summit was never to resolve the war in Ukraine.

17.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Cory Alpert

America’s once kitschy obsession with Trump is no longer funny

In American mythology, the Fourth of July has always been a day when everyone could celebrate something that felt unifying. But this year felt...

07.07.2025 10

WA Today

Cory Alpert

America’s once kitschy obsession with Trump is no longer funny

In American mythology, the Fourth of July has always been a day when everyone could celebrate something that felt unifying. But this year felt...

07.07.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert

America’s once kitschy obsession with Trump is no longer funny

In American mythology, the Fourth of July has always been a day when everyone could celebrate something that felt unifying. But this year felt...

07.07.2025 10

The Age

Cory Alpert

America’s once kitschy obsession with Trump is no longer funny

In American mythology, the Fourth of July has always been a day when everyone could celebrate something that felt unifying. But this year felt...

07.07.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Cory Alpert

Americans have seen this movie before. Trump playing the hero doesn’t fool anyone

I grew up in America under the shadow of the Iraq War. Now, it feels as though history will repeat itself in Iran.

22.06.2025 6

WA Today

Cory Alpert