Ronald Reagan
- Opinion
- US politics
Next November, will voters take a wrecking ball to the Oval Office?
Previous presidents learned that large defeats in the midterms elections stops their legislative agenda cold. Could it happen again?
- Bruce Wolpe
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Trump declares Canadian anti-tariffs ad invoking Reagan a ‘hostile act’, threatens extra import duty
The US president and Ronald Reagan’s trustees complained that the Canadian-produced ad misrepresented the former president’s full address. Watch these clips to decide.
- Opinion
- Violence
Charlie Kirk was practising politics the right way
The assassinated right-wing firebrand and I were on different sides of most political arguments, yet we were on the same side on the continued possibility of American politics. It’s supposed to be an argument, not a war.
- Ezra Klein
- Opinion
- Trump's America
The Democrats can’t lay a glove on Trump – because they lack what Australia has
For now, Australia’s democracy has Peter Dutton as the main voice of opposition. America’s system allows for no such powerful voice.
- Bruce Wolpe
Inside the Trump-loving gathering that wants to save ‘Austrailia’
It is the world’s largest conservative event, and having succeeded in returning Donald Trump to the presidency, some are setting their sights on Down Under.
- Michael Koziol
- Opinion
- Trump's White House
With God and tech bros on his side, Trump’s ‘golden age’ has just begun
God, the back-again US president and pliant princes from Silicon Valley are the new Trumpian trinity.
- Nick Bryant
- Opinion
- Trump's America
Trump’s second inauguration won’t showcase America’s strength, but its weakness
There’s no more meaningful moment in American life than the transfer of power on Inauguration Day. This one will be different, for all the wrong reasons.
- Bill Wyman
- Opinion
- US politics
Mission unaccomplished: Why Biden’s legacy’s now at the mercy of Trump
Joe Biden may be remembered as a fine president but his stubborn refusal to pass the torch for so long made it almost historically inevitable that Donald Trump would win again.
- Nick Bryant
- Opinion
- Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter: A challenged presidency, a life of moral courage
He lived for 100 years. While Jimmy Carter could not fulfil his goals as president, the values he stood for – honesty, compassion, morality – endure.
- Bruce Wolpe
- Tony Wright’s Column
- Christmas
The roast turkey on grandmother’s table: A Christmas tale for the ages
Christmas turkeys have a long and tough history. They deserve all the pardoning they can get.
- Tony Wright