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Support for Trump has left our family divided
Age readers discuss the US presidential election, how it divided some families and some implications for Australian policy.
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Editorial
US election
Optimism emerges from fraught US election
Joe Biden's record has shown he has an affinity with the norms of governing and telling the truth. Washington politics is about to get a much-needed dose of normality.
- The Age's View
Opinion
US election
Australian needs to mend relations with China following Trump's defeat
Australia will be faced with a serious long-term challenge for our economic well-being if relations aren't improved.
- by Chris Berg
Opinion
US election
US media's call to cut Trump highlights challenge for modern media
When Trump began to spout his unfounded theories about electoral fraud late last week, American media outlets cut the feed – the fastest broadcaster to act, MSNBC, did so after Trump had been speaking for only 35 seconds.
- by Tim Dwyer
Analysis
US votes 2020
Empathy, civility and healing: Biden restores the soul of oratory in America
President-elect Joe Biden uses a word exiled in the US for the past four years: "healing".
- by Tony Wright
Opinion
US votes 2020
Trump will tarnish own achievement if he refuses to accept defeat
You’d think that Trump and his allies would take solace in knowing that he saved the nation from a radical progressive agenda, which a Democratic sweep would have delivered.
- by Tom Switzer
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic
Frustration at how slowly we're moving, but run of zeros mutes criticism
Victoria has entered what Premier Daniel Andrews describes as a new phase – a post-lockdown resumption of social and economic freedoms both fragile and, potentially, sustainable for as long as the pandemic rages.
- by Chip Le Grand
Opinion
US votes 2020
Trump's greatest trick? Monopolising our attention
By commanding not just our eyeballs but so many of our thoughts and conversations, Trump shrunk our sense of the world.
- by Sean Kelly
Opinion
US election
When we heard Biden had won, we dropped everything and ran
Today is a new day. Joe Biden's victory, with Kamala Harris beside him, gives much-needed hope that historic injustices will be addressed and that this country, in which I've chosen to raise my sons, is one of promise.
- by Sharanya Mitchell
Tight Five
Bledisloe Cup
How two players won the Test for the Wallabies
The biggest moments in the victory over the All Blacks featured the same two players: Reece Hodge and Matt Philip.
- by Paul Cully
Opinion
Education
What can data tell us about single-sex education for girls?
Performance data may well show girls do better academically in single-sex school settings. What is harder to determine is why.
- by Peter Adams
Opinion
US votes 2020
The President's disgraceful behaviour is deeply troubling
If the leader of the free world continues to claim, with essentially no supportive evidence, that the election was stolen through fraud, we will have far more serious problems than merely reconciling disappointed partisans to the reality of defeat.
- by John Bolton
US votes 2020
How tragedy shaped Joe Biden for this moment
"I know how mean, cruel, and unfair life can be sometimes, " Joe Biden said. "But I found the best way through pain, and loss and grief is to find purpose.”
- by Farrah Tomazin
Analysis
US votes 2020
Americans change the channel on Donald Trump's reality TV presidency
Joe Biden - aged 77 and a shaky communicator - was easy to underestimate. But he ran a highly disciplined campaign, never deviating from his core message: it's time to restore the "soul of the nation" and get COVID-19 under control.
- by Matthew Knott
Opinion
Faith column: God only knows why leaders are chosen
A German joke, opined Mark Twain, is no laughing matter. Nor, obviously, is the US election. The result will leave many elated, many miserable, many bewildered.
- by Barney Zwartz
Analysis
Video games
What to expect at the dawn of a new generation for game consoles
As Microsoft and Sony prepare to release new systems in a matter of days, what's the sales pitch to those wondering if they should upgrade?
- by Tim Biggs
Opinion
US votes 2020
Why did so many people vote for Trump? Like it or not, he is a 'safe space' for millions
It is impossible to conceive of Trump giving a concession speech, and so it will be a matter of waiting to see when he blinks, and what that might look like.
- by Jacqueline Maley
Opinion
Hamilton
At a time of global reckoning around race, Hamilton could be a salve
After a casting process spanning more than a year, the producers of Hamilton have finally settled on their cast and will announce it on Monday morning.
- by Nathanael Cooper
Opinion
Global warming
Australia the outlier in Biden's brave new zero-emissions world
Australia will be left behind as its allies take steps towards a greener, emissions-free future, led by the newly elected President.
- by Bob Carr
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
We have a moment, caused by a crisis, to catch our breath and consider
In 2020, our streets have been emptied of cars and people. It could be a good time to test community appetite for projects with the long-term urban significance of the Swanston Street closure.
- by Jill Garner
Opinion
Money Makeover
How I got a 0.6 percentage point mortgage rate cut ... and you can too
Don’t believe the banks when they say they cannot cut variable interest rates for existing customers. They can but are just making a decision not to do so.
- by Jessica Irvine
Opinion
Budgeting
The two real problems with the new ‘pay-on-demand’ revolution
"Pay-on-demand" services lubricate salary slippage and can create massive future budgeting problems.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Opinion
Letters
Ask, don't tell
Age readers discuss the ABC and bias, the Melbourne lockdown and the US election.
Opinion
Antiques
Brown is the new black in antique furniture
A recent Sydney auction is testimony to the strengthening of brown furniture antique prices, with many items selling at three times their reserve prices.
- by Stephen Crafti
Opinion
Ask an expert
Clarifying 'bring-forward' rules in superannuation
Under recent changes to the rules, a super fund can continue to accept contributions until a member turns 67 without them having to meet the work test.
- by George Cochrane
Opinion
Real Footy Podcast
Trade podcast: Could Jaidyn Stephenson be traded?
As potential deals involving Adam Treloar and Josh Dunkley dominate discussion, Jake Niall and Peter Ryan dissect the latest AFL trade developments.
Opinion
Political expenses
Cartier watches v Kit Kats. How about a better bonus for our posties?
The best PR team for Australia Post is walking our streets. Cherish your postie.
- by Helen Pitt
Opinion
Family Court
Government must act to improve family law system
People find themselves before these courts at some of the lowest points in their lives, often in urgent need of help. They must be able to receive.
- by The Age's View
Analysis
US votes 2020
Biden's call for unity may soon confront an ugly American reality
Joe Biden hit all the right notes on Saturday and he may be sincere, but he has been around in DC long enough to know that to many they will sound hollow.
- by Nick O'Malley
Analysis
Drugs in sport
Australia has never lost an Olympic medal to drugs. That might be about to change
How, when testing technology continues to advance, does an athlete prove their innocence eight years after the fact?
- by Samantha Lane
Opinion
Trading and drafting
Free agency rules, not clubs, have failed Cameron
If any player is entitled to exercise his free agency rights it's Jeremy Cameron but the star forward's experience shows a review of the rules is needed.
- by Peter Ryan
Opinion
US votes 2020
Has America lost its soul?
If Biden does scrape through to victory, he will have a hard time restoring ethical concerns in a country with so many voters who have become indifferent to the wellbeing of those outside their immediate communities.
- by Peter Singer
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
The loudest voices in lockdown were appallingly entitled (and wrong)
It is no coincidence that the Liberal Party, business figures and Murdoch media pundits were united in their rabidly critical attacks. That highlights the level of co-operation and co-ordination behind the scenes.
- by Jon Faine
Analysis
Naked City
Under cover of COVID-19, the seven deadly sins do their work
Social media will go into meltdown over the Brownlow hemline of a WAG but no one seems to care about bribes, lies and massive corruption.
- by John Silvester
Opinion
US votes 2020
America's faultlines are ours, too. We are polarised nations
Australia and cities versus regions, men v women, young v old, migrant v local-born,
- by George Megalogenis
Opinion
Renewables
Like water for electricity, we can go with the flow for cleaner energy
The solutions for a 100 per cent renewable economy are under our noses.
- by Elizabeth Farrelly
Opinion
MyCareer
We are failing the young out of blinkered self-interest
We have failed to appreciate that real protection comes not from keeping things the same but from nature and most critically nurture.
- by Jim Bright
Opinion
Satire
A life and death struggle: Talk about buzz kill
“Oh, great," thought the writer. “How am I supposed to enter my creative flow-state with a fly in the room?”
- by Danny Katz
Letters
Letters
Time to stop parroting the US in shifting global world
Age readers have their say on the widening trade war with China.
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic
Coate's first quarantine report tells us plenty and none of it is good
Hotels inquiry first report is bad for Andrews government and it might get even worse.
- by Noel Towell
Analysis
Australian cricket
Flurry of Shield centuries raises bar for Test contenders
Justin Langer could barely contain his excitement last week as he pinged off messages to the latest century-makers in the domestic competition
- by Andrew Wu
Opinion
State of Origin
Chicken before the egg: NRLW expansion needs to come before more State of Origin
More women's Origin would be incredible - but right now, an expansion of the NRLW is what we need.
- by Ruan Sims
Analysis
Trading and drafting
Magpies, Bombers seek similar outcomes for different reasons
Collingwood are losing players, because they're forcing them out. Essendon are losing players, because players want out.
- by Jake Niall
Opinion
US votes 2020
Why they love Trump to death: explaining America's 48 per cent
A former chairman of the Republican Party can help us understand why Donald Trump still commands the votes of almost half his nation, even if it means mass death.
- by Peter Hartcher
Editorial
Coronavirus pandemic
Looking to a happy COVID Christmas
It is a scenario that would have been hard to imagine just a few weeks back.
- The Age's View
Analysis
US votes 2020
The audacity of lies: Trump has been planning this all along
The US President's claims of election theft seem as reckless as they are false, but he laid the groundwork for his accusations months ago.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion
Casinos
Feeling the heat, Packer sets up contingency plan for Crown stake
James Packer is believed to have already set up a blind trust to hold his stake in Crown in case he is found to be unfit to be a close associate of the Barangaroo casino.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Advocatus Diaboli
Melbourne Cup
Questions still to be asked after Melbourne Cup, but answer must be fewer deaths
What's the reason for the recent spate of deaths of horses competing in the Melbourne Cup?
- by Darren Kane
Opinion
US Masters
After a week of politics, sport's trump card is a young golfer from Melbourne
Chances are you haven't heard of Lukas Michel. But his is a story that says much about the intersection of sport and politics.
- by Malcolm Knox
Analysis
Please Explain podcast
Please Explain podcast: Biden calls for patience while Trump declares electoral fraud
In this episode, national editor Tory Maguire and former North America correspondent Nick O'Malley try to make sense of what's going on with the US election.
- by Tory Maguire