Radicals are out of control but even Robert De Niro no longer wants to punch Donald Trump.
Hillary Clinton’s performance in the popular vote will inspire future generations.
Democrats are likely to be remembered for the greatest failure in US political history.
Vote for Donald Trump was a protest at the urban elites’ neglect of the American dream.
Hillary Clinton is not likely to correct the malaise that has dogged the US under Obama.
As the QUT case shows, legislating for respect complicates enforcement and doesn’t contribute to the social good.
There’s a lesson for Australia to be taken from the hate-filled US election campaign.
The Australian Human Rights Commission was activist from its inception.
Rosemary Neill raises some interesting questions but no answers (“Selective schooling broadens the divide”, 5/11).
In a better world there would be a clamour for urgent national action to address the abuse of children in communities.
Bill Leak should not take part in the Australian Human Rights Commission’s procedures.
Closing the Hazelwood power station will increase energy insecurity, raise prices and encourage industry to pack up and leave.
The AHRC requirement that Bill Leak must show his cartoon was not racist is a step towards derangement.
The Australian sense of humour is disappearing under the influence of naysaying guardians.
Kerryn Pholi should be appointed president of the Australian Human Rights Commission.
Given that Australia often follows in US footsteps, we should be wary of dismissing the restless majority.
Amendment to 18C is a fundamental requirement for freedom of speech in Australia.
Your correspondent Maris Dabars calls Malcolm Turnbull “a practitioner of masterful inactivity” (Last Post, 31/10).
Six months ago an official of the CFMEU made clear the dominance his union exerts over Bill Shorten’s Labor Party.
What does it mean when a connected US citizen chooses to interfere, with secret funding, in the politics of Australia?
Donald Trump captured both chambers of congress but remains a novice in the ways of Washington.
The Turnbull government will seek to hold an early meeting of the AUSMIN council in the first quarter of next year.
Anyone with a shred of decency will condemn the president-elect.
Republican voters named immigration, jobs and terror their biggest concerns.
Name calling and denial by the US ruling class left the door open for angry voters.
The US is a nation divided with one half deeply resentful of the comforts enjoyed by the rest.
Disparaging a rival candidates supporters is a sure way of limiting one’s own appeal.
Shared values and common interests mean nothing to the US president-elect.
And so long, Mr C, it’s time that we began to laugh and cry, cry and laugh about it all again.
Politicians here in Australia need to wake up to and act on the divisions that are tearing apart our society.
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