Another big-time loser “Andrew,” says “the devil is in your hand” — a reference to his mobile phone. “There have always been Americans driven to ruin by gambling,” writes Cohen. “But never have so ...

Canada’s Liberals enter the final week of the election campaign with plenty of help from south of the border Four months ago the Liberal Party of Canada looked headed for disaster. After nine years in ...

“I’ve never taken my seat for granted and I’ve worked hard every day,” he assured the journalist who was citing the parade of senior ministers turning up in Dickson to campaign alongside third-time ...

It’s accepted wisdom that incumbency counts in individual seats and forfeiting it has a cost. What’s less easy to quantify is precisely how much of a retiring MP’s margin is personal and exits with ...

As historians of empire, we’ve long been interested in, and frustrated by, colonial portraiture. These physical manifestations of the colonial gaze are the unreliable narrators of a moment of ...

The Trump administration often touts tariffs as a way of exchanging short-term pain for long-term gain. Yes, there will be disruption in the short term, they argue, but once manufacturing returns to ...

National affairs Breaking the mould John Phillimore 17 February 2025 Labor seems set for another record-breaking win at next month’s Western Australian election ...

Books & arts A love gone wrong Brett Evans 20 December 2023 Diplomat, adventurer, politician, podcaster: the instructive life of Rory Stewart, One Nation Tory Essays & reportage The battle for Hume ...