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Modern Times: Face-changing political leaders
Often, politicians seem to channel the ancient face-changing performance art of Bian Lian when they achieve high office, writes Andrew Hunter.…
Modern Times: Why would anyone run a small business today?
Small business is a cornerstone of South Australian life and character, but the deregulation of shopping hours amid rising market pressures could see more local…
Modern Times: Staying human in the race for artificial intelligence
As global competition for leadership in the domain of artificial intelligence emerges, Andrew Hunter asks what we can learn from the natural world, and whether …
Modern Times: The pain of factory farming
Industrial farming of animals is an abhorrence; the conscious acceptance of which reflects a stagnant moral evolution, writes Andrew Hunter.…
Modern Times: Letters to an unborn child
I sit, a few weeks prior to your arrival, in quiet contemplation of the world to which you will soon belong.…
Modern Times: Goodbye Neoliberalism!
The end of the Cold War was a seminal moment. An era defined by two contested visions of social and economic organisation had throughout the western world been …
Modern Times: Lessons from Mitterand’s Final Act
A young journalist shadowed French President François Mitterrand during his final thousand days. In a book published a year after the subject’s passing, Le Dern…
Modern Times: The Idea of Australia
India is an ethnically and linguistically diverse modern society, founded on the long history of an ancient civilisation. So is Australia. When Sunil Khilnani w…
Modern Times: When we next fight, what values will we be fighting for?
Australians are often called to combat to defend our ‘values’ for which so many young lives have been lost. Our values are considered so superior that we are wi…