Hopes for a New Pope
There are 1.4 billion of us Catholics and unlike the world’s Muslims, our doctrines, religious practices and moral priorities are theoretically decided by one man.
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We Know How We Got Here: The Trick Is How We Get Out
The Long March left have all but won – how do we march back?
All Paths Lead to Defeat
As all scenarios for re-election appear increasingly hopeless, I say, “Good!” National deserves to lose this election and so do their supporters.
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Kids Won’t Dance if Everyone Is Watching
If Tall Poppy syndrome already discouraged us to aspire to better things, surveillance could murder ambition while it’s still in the cradle.
And Still No Shared Moral Language
Put the children’s names back in the centre. Any tradition worth keeping has to do that before it decides what to do with their mother. Cora. Dawson. Callan. The rest of the argument is secondary until that much is shared.
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