Tom Jagtenberg

One of the most valuable principles to have emerged from the 130-year history of sociology as an academic discipline concerns a causal...

Some survey findings should really make politicians sit back and take note – particularly when they concern farmers’ observations and...

Donald Rumsfeld, when he was US Secretary of State for Defence, once famously stated: ‘There are known knowns. There are things we know...

When Australia’s Chief Scientist presents his considered view on the future of artificial intelligence in Australia it is worth paying...

What a relief to see ‘Four Corners’ interview a wide range of business people talking about the realities of climate change...

At a certain age courage is required – to carry on, to remain optimistic . . . and in our case, to head for the hills. I have this on...

One of the reasons I like Kim Stanley Robinson’s novels is he so often confirms my worst expectations of humanity. Take his latest novel,...

Migration and climate change are connected in ways that politicians and journalists seem reluctant to acknowledge.

It is easy to suppose that mammals and other animals have feelings, emotions and intelligence. At the risk of projecting our humanness,...

One might assume that a politician’s ability to feel decreases in response to high demands placed on their emotions. Despite episodes of...