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Indian Political Reform Set Back by a Decade
A mature democracy needs a robust opposition
Jun 8
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Salvatore Babones
India's Elections: Is Patriotism the Key to Democracy?
Patriotism may be the reason why Indian democracy has survived when all its neighbors' democracies have failed
Jun 6
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Salvatore Babones
May 2024
International students, the rental market, and education 'exports'
Australia needs an honest debate on international students. Peter Dutton can make that happen.
May 17
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Salvatore Babones
April 2024
Invitation: Melbourne Symposium on Intellectual Freedom in the Academy
Please join me in Melbourne on Tuesday, May 21 for a discussion of academic freedom in Australia and abroad
Apr 8
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Salvatore Babones
The Jew of Melbourne
On the 6-month anniversary of the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust, I review an important book on the meaning of Israel
Apr 6
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Salvatore Babones
March 2024
The Final "Philistine"
I only learned that my "Philistine" column had been canceled when I saw the March issue
Mar 13
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Salvatore Babones
January 2024
Will India Go Woke?
In the global ideological battle over “wokeness”, India is the big prize.
Jan 23
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Salvatore Babones
Free speech comes to Australia
And not a moment too soon
Jan 2
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Salvatore Babones
October 2023
Australia's Brexit Moment
The Voice referendum result wasn’t a defeat for Constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. It was a defeat for…
Oct 14, 2023
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Salvatore Babones
August 2023
Freedom at Midnight
Long years ago, India made a tryst with destiny. India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru said in 1947 that the time had come for India to redeem…
Aug 14, 2023
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Salvatore Babones
May 2023
Meeting Mr. Modi
Look at the data, not the drama, in weighing up Modi’s India
May 30, 2023
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Salvatore Babones
April 2023
Democracy and the Voice
Why can't indigenous Australians vote for their own Voice to parliament?
Apr 25, 2023
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Salvatore Babones
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