On Line Opinion - Political Philosophy http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/section.asp?name=liberty Australia's e-journal of social and political debate en-au Copyright 2000-2026, National Forum editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Graham Young) tech@onlineopinion.com.au 60 After creation: Frankenstein and the burden of what we make editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Sam Ben-Meir) Mary Shelley warned about creation without responsibility. In the age of AI, climate change and algorithms, the monster is already among us. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23896 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23896 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:07:42 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23896 On Line Opinion One battle after another and the seduction of endless struggle editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Sam Ben-Meir) Resistance can be enjoyed. Endurance can replace change. Žižek and Badiou on our politics of repetition. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23873 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23873 Thu, 26 Feb 2026 06:35:17 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23873 On Line Opinion Is the MAHA movement building a genuine counter-elite? editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Renaud Beauchard) Covid shattered trust in our elites. Now MAHA seeks not power for its own sake, but a politics restrained by Orwell’s 'common decency'. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23859 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23859 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:23:36 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23859 On Line Opinion Why are leaders still important in modern day politics? editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Scott Prasser) Attrition, ambush or resignation. Leadership spills now define Australian politics. The Liberals’ crisis is less anomaly than symptom. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23857 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23857 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:07:29 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23857 On Line Opinion Martin Luther King Jr. and the courage of universality editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Sam Ben-Meir) The King we honour today is safe, moral, and misleading. The King who mattered challenged capitalism, empire, and order. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23828 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23828 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:04:45 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23828 On Line Opinion Sanctioning fever: the United States, European Union and free speech editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Binoy Kampmark) When Brussels and Washington start banning critics from crossing borders, free speech stops being a principle and becomes a geopolitical weapon. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23792 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23792 Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:31:17 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23792 On Line Opinion Brazen lies told to the public: Why do so many people suspend disbelief, and authorities do nothing? editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Brendan O'Reilly) When governments, universities and media protect falsehoods instead of facts, deception becomes policy and dissent becomes heresy. Australia is living the consequences. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23786 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23786 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 09:22:34 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23786 On Line Opinion Rectitude editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Tania Cleary) From the Opera House steps to Bondi’s dead, Australia’s crisis is not sudden violence but the long habit of leaders refusing to name it. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23784 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23784 Mon, 22 Dec 2025 09:57:16 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23784 On Line Opinion Australia's feminised politics need masculine balance editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Jafar Jalili) Australia’s politics has elevated compassion over wisdom, optics over outcomes. The result is drift, debt and disorder - and a growing hunger for firmer leadership and moral balance. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23773 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23773 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:21:07 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23773 On Line Opinion The ghost in the machine editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Steven Schwartz) Why we keep talking as if we have two minds — and why it matters. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23763 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=23763 Tue, 9 Dec 2025 06:36:33 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=23763 On Line Opinion