Independent Analysis and Reportage
While discord exists over the meaning of the 250th anniversary, Americans strongly believe there is more that unites the country than divides it.
Spoonerisms can be silly and make you laugh. But linguists see something more: a rare glimpse of how the mind plans speech before we even open our mouths.
The tide has turned a little at Australia’s Royal Commission into Antisemitism with a second Jewish witness breaking from the Israel narrative. Michael West Media reports. COMMENTARY: By Jeffrey Loewenstein Sarah Schwartz, co-founder of the Jewish Council of Australia (JCA), gave evidence at the Royal Commission into Anti-Semitism and Social Cohesion last week. I venture
Both sides are at an impasse over control of the Strait of Hormuz, with no end in sight.
The closed Hormuz Strait and a dearth of Russian diesel will trigger further volatility.
It depends how old you are and if you have an underlying health condition.
The court has found the cancellation of Jason Gillham’s concert by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra was not prohibited by Australian workplace laws.
Domestic roaming could reduce the disruption – including to Triple Zero services – caused by a major outage on one mobile network.
Retirement depends on NZ Super, KiwiSaver and housing. Treating each in isolation risks shifting problems rather than solving them.
New polls from DemosAU and Resolve suggest Hanson has unpopular policies, which Labor will attack closer to the election.
COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean The United States went to war to stop Iran charging tolls in the Strait of Hormuz. It has now imposed a toll 15 times larger. Where is the “international waterway” chorus now? For five months, we were treated to a sermon. Foreign ministries from Brussels to Tokyo to the Gulf capitals
Anthropic says there is something lurking inside Claude that looks a lot like the ‘global workspace’ one influential theory of consciousness depends on.