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politics and the economy
It’s 100% certain that they don’t represent 99%
spiked,
27 October 2011
The occupiers’ claim to speak for ‘the 99%’ exposes how determined they are to avoid hard political debate in favour of cheap moralising.
Science, politics make bad bedfellows
The Australian,
15 October 2011
One of the defining questions confronting public life is the relationship between science and government policy.
Too many wrongful claims to be on the right side of history
The Australian,
8 October 2011
History not yet written has emerged as a source of legitimacy for a bewildering variety of claims and causes.
Let’s stop kowtowing to the cult of transparency
spiked,
5 October 2011
The demand that every corner of officialdom be thrown open to public view has only made politics a more deceptive, less principled sphere.
Clear and present danger in the vainglorious pursuit of freedom, justice and transparency
The Australian,
1 October 2011
Whenever a policy-maker is at a loss for an answer, the demand for more transparency trips off the tongue.
Still masters of our destiny despite the appliance of neuroscience
The Australian,
24 September 2011
In a world where crisis has become a far too overused term it is tempting to draw the conclusion that humanity has lost its capacity to influence its destiny.
„Krise“: Das neue Modewort in Brüssel
NovoArgumente,
29 July 2011
Während ich kürzlich Brüssel besuchte, war ich erstaunt, wie Insider dort hemmungslos das Wort „Krise“ gebrauchten.
Reflections on a civilised witch-hunt
The Australian,
23 July 2011
I don't have to listen to the news to realise that probably earlier today a high-ranking police official or a media executive or a political consultant resigned from their post. Demanding someone's resignation has become a central feature of Britain's very real reality television drama.
The real truth is that there is no hidden agenda behind the story
The Australian,
18 July 2011
The lack of integrity of some individuals cannot be allowed to create a world where public discussion and debate has as its premise that what counts is not people's words but their motives.
End of an era looms over a leadership-starved European Union
The Australian,
16 July 2011
Lurking behind the calamitous state of the euro is a profound political crisis confronting the European Union.
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