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How stupid is America’s ruling class?

How stupid is America’s ruling class?
23.01.2025 8

Pearls and Irritations

Mark Beeson

With friends like these…

With friends like these…
16.01.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Mark Beeson

Peace on earth, goodwill toward men (and women) – unless they’re Palestinians, of course

Why do American Christian evangelists support Israel’s genocide in Gaza? At this time of year many Christians express ‘tidings of comfort and...

23.12.2024 3

Pearls and Irritations

Mark Beeson

Can Australia and Indonesia provide leadership on climate change?

Almost certainly not, but someone really ought to try while it’s still possible. Geography isn’t everything in international relations, but it...

05.12.2024 3

Pearls and Irritations

Mark Beeson

Environmental breakdown: We have been warned

Sometimes a single event can throw global problems into sharp relief. The recent flood in Spain is one such phenomenon. If past experience is...

14.11.2024 3

Pearls and Irritations

Mark Beeson

Taking one for the team

I’m thinking of calling it a day. Don’t be alarmed. I’m not planning to do so for two or three years, and this definitely isn’t the proverbial...

11.09.2024 2

Pearls and Irritations

Mark Beeson

There are alternatives to Anglo-American capitalism, however unlikely they may sound

It is becoming less and less controversial or eccentric to claim that endless economic expansion and consumption, of a sort that the United States...

27.08.2024 1

Pearls and Irritations

Mark Beeson

The AUKUS submarine deal has been exposed as a monumental folly – is it time to abandon ship?

Nautical metaphors are irresistible, I’m afraid, when talking about Australia’s seemingly endless submarine saga. But as investigative...

26.08.2024 1

The Conversation

Mark Beeson

Is peaceful cooperation a hopeless pipe dream?

According to Matt Pottinger, ‘a China expert and deputy national security adviser in the Trump White House…anyone who has entertained the idea...

18.08.2024 2

Pearls and Irritations

Mark Beeson

Spaceship Earth is experiencing turbulence

Spaceship Earth remains a compelling metaphor for our collective reality. Unfortunately, our ship looks as if it may have been made by an inter-...

05.08.2024 1

Pearls and Irritations

Mark Beeson

Donald Trump and God: not a match made in Heaven

One of the more noteworthy features of the recent Republican convention was the reverential reception of Donald Trump. Even before Trump’s brush...

29.07.2024 5

Pearls and Irritations

Mark Beeson