Migration and climate change
Migration and climate change are connected in ways that politicians and journalists seem reluctant to acknowledge.
Truth at the End of the World
In 2017, the entanglement of death and truth has gone well beyond war and politics. The rather less spectacular combination of climate...
The Hidden Life of Trees
It is easy to suppose that mammals and other animals have feelings, emotions and intelligence. At the risk of projecting our humanness,...
What can politicians feel?
One might assume that a politician’s ability to feel decreases in response to high demands placed on their emotions. Despite episodes of...
Post Trump Climate Change
There is little doubt that Donald Trump’s election poses great danger to global warming and the environment. At present we only have his...
What Can Spiders Hear?
It is astounding to read that scientists are able to implant electrodes in the brains of spiders to show that their neurons respond to...
If Insects had Emotions
Would it make a difference if humans developed a greater affinity for the non-human world? That is, can human self-interest become more...
Institutional Denial of Climate Change
The failure of global warming and climate change to become major political issues in Australia is hard to explain given the life...
Distrusting politicians
Many Australian political commentators are agreed that distrust is the new default position for voters. Without doubt the single most...
Trump and Turnbull
As unlikely as it may seem, Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull have much in common. Both serve similar institutional forces and employ...
