Tag: David Smith - article author
A ‘Christian nation’ no longer: why Australia’s religious right loses policy battles even when it wins elections
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Conservative Christians are prominent in Australia’s Liberal-National Coalition parties. Scott Morrison and Tony Abbott are two of the most devout and theologically conservative prime ministers in...
Trump has changed America by making everything about politics, and politics all about himself
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On October 14, Donald Trump held a rally attended by several thousand in Iowa, despite White House guidelines that gatherings...
Trump can’t delay the election, but he can try to delegitimise it
Americans were alarmed last week when their president suggested on Twitter that the November 3 presidential election should be delayed because mail-in ballots would be fraudulent.
The...
Trump is struggling against two invisible enemies: the coronavirus and Joe Biden
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The US presidential election is being shaped by the two crises that have defined 2020 so far: the coronavirus pandemic and the...
Donald Trump blames everyone but himself for the coronavirus crisis. Will voters agree?
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In absolute numbers, the United States is suffering the world’s worst COVID-19 outbreak. How did this happen in a country with such...