Did Christianity make the Western mind? @adammwakeling.bsky.social ponders this perennial question in light of Tom Holland's recent Triggernometry appearance. freethinker.co.uk/2025/10/digg...

Part III of my breakdown of the 2025 Australian Federal election looks at the minor parties and independents - the shift in Greens support, growth for One Nation, and the growing headache for the major parties posed by independents: open.substack.com/pub/adammwak...

This is part II of my series of articles breaking down the 2025 Australian federal election, looking at the Labor v Coalition vote - where Labor gained, held steady, and went backwards: open.substack.com/pub/adammwak...

The first in what will hopefully be a series of articles breaking down the 2025 Australian federal election. This one looks at the high-level numbers: open.substack.com/pub/adammwak...

More than anything else, this chart from BBC news shows how bizarre the Liberation Day tariffs are. Some of the highest tariffs are reserved for African countries which have little trade with the U.S. and the external territories of two American allies:

I wrote this paragraph a few years ago in Why the Enlightenment Matters. I now think I was a little optimistic.

Because a few people are following me on this platform, I'll talk a little about my writing. I've written a few books on Australian history, including Stern Justice, on the Australian War Crimes trials after WWII: www.penguin.com.au/books/stern-...