The Salvatore Babones Newsletter

August 2025

Australia's One Forbidden Word

Low-skill immigration is at the root of Australia's productivity malaise

Aug 17, 2025 • Salvatore Babones

July 2025

Indian political scientists do not like Narendra Modi

As a result, it is not surprising that India ranks 105 in the world on the V-Dem rankings.

Jul 31, 2025 • Salvatore Babones

June 2025

How Anti-Modi Propaganda Works

Western readers are often unwitting participants in India's internal political battles

Jun 28, 2025 • Salvatore Babones

1

Sydney launch for my new book on Indian Democracy

"Dharma Democracy" will be launched July 24 at the Centre for Independent Studies

Jun 24, 2025 • Salvatore Babones

May 2025

DHARMA DEMOCRACY: How India Built the Third World's First Democracy

The statistics said that Indian democracy should never have survived. The statistics were wrong.

May 16, 2025 • Salvatore Babones

April 2025

My big "India book" is coming out next month

Dharma Democracy: How India Built the Third World’s First Democracy will be published in May by Connor Court

Apr 7, 2025 • Salvatore Babones

January 2025

Mark Zuckerberg has made the internet safe for democracy

"Liberty will never more be without an asylum." - Lafayette on the creation of the United States

Jan 8, 2025 • Salvatore Babones

November 2024

The 2020 election saved American democracy ...

... for the return of Donald Trump

Nov 6, 2024 • Salvatore Babones

Where I Stand on American Politics

I'm proud to nail my colors to the mast. Wikipedia: please take note.

Nov 1, 2024 • Salvatore Babones

October 2024

They wanted to make history. They got Kamala Harris.

It's time to revisit my November 2022 "Philistine" column for Quadrant magazine.

Oct 26, 2024 • Salvatore Babones

September 2024

Why India Embraces Russia

India's avuncular prime minister Narendra Modi is famous for his hugs. Or some would say: infamous.

Sep 4, 2024 • Salvatore Babones