Analysis & Opinion

America will remain strong so long as its leader keeps challenging others to resist his creepy, crushing handshake, writes Ben Pobjie.

Financial distress is affecting a huge number of Australians and the slightest wind could spell catastrophe for households, David Taylor writes.

Either Michael Flynn has one of the world's worst memories or he deliberately misled his Vice-President and the United States as to the content and subject matter of his calls to the Russian ambassador, writes Philip Williams.

Treasurer Scott Morrison is trying to save Australia's prized AAA credit rating, burdened by a $37 billion budget deficit, but one ratings agency is likely to deliver on its threat to cut our credit rating, writes Andrew Robertson.

The stories of Donald Trump, Alexander Hamilton and Lin Manuel Miranda intertwine more than you would think, writes Sara James.

From your local barista to the neighbour who brings in your bin every week, take the opportunity on February 14 to honour all the love in your life, writes Deirdre Fidge.

Pregnancy continues to be portrayed through rosy lenses, while the true, sometimes nightmarish side of it remains hidden away.

Australia plays a critical role in many other countries' space programs, but if we're to capitalise on its strengths in space tracking as well as space science in such a rapidly growing sector, it's time we considered forming a space agency of our own.

Sadly, much of the debate about our future power generation has become mired in political point-scoring and simplistic arguments designed to inflame and outrage; where ignorance dominates academic research, writes Ian Verrender.

Cancer research and treatment is often framed as a 'fight' or 'war' against the disease. But, writes Darren Saunders, we need to tread carefully when taking that language out of the lab.

The Barnett Government starts the first full week of the 2017 election campaign levelling claims of "fake funding" at Labor, and finishes it in a rear-guard attempt to defend its own economic record.

A new dating app aims to match lovers based on their mutual dislike of Donald Trump, slow drivers and butt selfies — it's going to change the world, writes Ben Pobjie.

Regions that offer adequate amenities for residents have the best chance of converting long-distance commuters into the sort of new residents who can sustain regional prosperity.

Malcolm Turnbull's blistering take-down of Bill Shorten has won him favour in his colleagues' eyes, but he needs to tread carefully to capitalise on it, Andrew Probyn writes.

Malcolm Turnbull has made a stunning turnaround from urging zero-emissions energy to spruiking "clean coal" — seemingly in the face of climate science, Stephen Long writes.

Fran Kelly and Patricia Karvelas, hosts of the Party Room, choose their winners and losers from the week in federal politics.

An Adelaide kindy sent home a note asking a child's parents to pack healthier food. The mother should pack two slices tomorrow, writes Melinda Tankard Reist.

For the first three weeks of the Trump presidency, the lack of a phone call between the new American leader and his Chinese counterpart appeared to confirm the worst.

It is simply unacceptable that people with intellectual disability in our community are dying from preventable causes at over twice the rate as other Australians, write acting NSW Ombudsman Professor John McMillan and Deputy Ombudsman Steve Kinmond.

US President Donald Trump will find it difficult, if not impossible, to force Iran to renegotiate its nuclear agreement with six world powers, despite warning signs that Iran continues to flout its international obligations.

Australia Post's strategy of trying to hide its CEO's $5.6 million salary package has backfired and the Government should step in, writes Chris Uhlmann.

A lack of full-time job prospects and an increasingly tense world has left a generation of Australia's young people feeling bleak about their future, writes business reporter Carrington Clarke.

Hype can often ruin a production for audiences, but what is incredible about The Book of Mormon is it completely stands up to its success, writes Will Huxley.

It is day one of the 2017 parliamentary year, and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has already found himself in quite the pickle.

In 1978, a group of Catholic schoolboys was called to make a moral decision. The night before, a Marist brother had tried to assault one of them. Those boys were better disciples than the princes of their Church. That is a triumph and a tragedy, writes Chris Uhlmann.