By Binoy Kampmark THINGS BECAME rather ropey in the days leading up to the invitation of Israeli President Isaac Herzog to visit Australia on 9 February. The decision came amidst the anguish following the Bondi Beach attacks of 14 December 2025 on attendees of a Hanukkah event by two gunmen, leaving 15 dead. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese clearly thought the …

By Humphrey McQueen Trump’s pledge to push the boundary of the United States of America 2,000 kilometres north is not another rush of blood but channels 300 years of imperial rivalries over resources.  In the grip of ‘now-ists,’ all ‘News’ is fake because it comes from the ‘context of no context,’ a blight made worse by journalists afflicted with the …