Partitioning Syria is not the answer – it’s a mistake we’ve made before
Feb 02, 2016 05:30 am UTC| Insights & Views
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull recently raised, as part of a political solution to Syrias ongoing violence, the possibility of partition. In doing so, he joined a significant body of opinion especially among...
RBA likely to stand pat in tomorrow’s monetary policy
Feb 01, 2016 13:41 pm UTC| Insights & Views Central Banks
In tomorrows the Reserve Bank of Australia board meeting for interest rate decision, the expectations have increased that the board would decide to hold the cash rate steady at 2.0%. With the market probability of a move...
Why the sun is setting on the Boeing 747
Feb 01, 2016 13:34 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Its difficult to imagine now, in the age of mass global travel, that building an aeroplane to carry hundreds of people at a time was once seen as a huge risk. But as the worlds first wide-body airliner, the Boeing 747 went...
Who politicized the environment and climate change?
Feb 01, 2016 13:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
An environmental activist friend of mine recently shook her head and marveled at the extraordinary accomplishments of the last several months. Still lots of work to be done, she said. But wow! This has been an epic period...
Behind the curtain of the Academy's old boys' club
Feb 01, 2016 13:22 pm UTC| Insights & Views
In whats becoming an annual occurrence, were in the midst of a highly publicized debate over the lack of diversity among the Oscar-nominated performers and filmmakers. Outside groups, including the NAACP, are up in arms....
Europe has lost its Polish anchor
Feb 01, 2016 13:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Brian Porter-Szcs, Professor of History, University of Michigan It was clear that something unusual was happening when both The Nation and the Wall Street Journal denounced the Polish government. Since taking power...
Netflix’s VPN ban cannot cure TV studios’ chronic headaches
Feb 01, 2016 13:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
In mid-January, Netflix announced a ban on the use of proxies, unblockers and virtual private networks (VPNs) all technical work-arounds to view movies and TV programs unavailable in the subscribers country. This...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects