Bruce Guthrie
Hello Rupert, bye-bye Malcolm
Anyone who doubts Rupert Murdoch’s role in the political chaos that has played out in recent days has never worked for him...
AFL red cards: Why fans have every right to be angry
How long will the AFL continue to do nothing about on-field acts that should result in immediate expulsions from games? On Friday...
Sky News: Here’s another reason not to watch
The decision by Victoria’s Transport Minister to banish Sky News from Melbourne’s train stations is to be applauded. I mean, haven’t public...
Nine’s takeover of Fairfax is a bad deal for democracy
Within hours of the announcement of Nine’s takeover of Fairfax Media – I won’t insult readers by calling it a “merger” – Prime...
The impeccable Michael Gordon: A journalist’s journalist remembered
In 1973, in the first weeks of his cadetship at The Age, Michael Gordon was sitting in a journalism class at Melbourne’s...
God bless America – it needs all the help it can get
The news that Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI is further evidence...
Charles Manson: My chilling encounter with a mass murderer
Charles Manson was the best argument for capital punishment I’ve ever encountered. And I don’t believe in capital punishment. Mass murderer Manson,...
Hillary Clinton could face Trump-inspired probe
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions appears to have bowed to pressure from President Donald Trump and other conservatives to consider appointing a...
In America the last taboo isn’t sex, it’s guns
In the six weeks since I arrived in the United States, 129 people have died in mass shootings and another 418 have...
Donald Trump’s first anniversary: A most unhappy union
On November 9 last year, just hours after midnight, Donald Trump walked onto a stage at New York’s midtown Hilton Hotel to...