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Cory Alpert

The Sydney Morning Herald

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With Charlie Kirk’s death, the MAGA movement gains its first patron saint

With Charlie Kirk’s death, the MAGA movement gains its first patron saint

While it’s easy to find condemnation for senseless violence, and feel sympathy towards Kirk’s wife and young children, it’s difficult to find empathy.

14.09.2025 10

WA Today

Cory Alpert

With Charlie Kirk’s death, the MAGA movement gains its first patron saint

With Charlie Kirk’s death, the MAGA movement gains its first patron saint

While it’s easy to find condemnation for senseless violence, and feel sympathy towards Kirk’s wife and young children, it’s difficult to find empathy.

14.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert

With Charlie Kirk’s death, the MAGA movement gains its first patron saint

With Charlie Kirk’s death, the MAGA movement gains its first patron saint

While it’s easy to find condemnation for senseless violence, and feel sympathy towards Kirk’s wife and young children, it’s difficult to find empathy.

14.09.2025 10

The Age

Cory Alpert

With Charlie Kirk’s death, the MAGA movement gains its first patron saint

With Charlie Kirk’s death, the MAGA movement gains its first patron saint

While it’s easy to find condemnation for senseless violence, and feel sympathy towards Kirk’s wife and young children, it’s difficult to find empathy.

14.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Cory Alpert

After a holiday romance with dictatorship, Trump is returning to reality

This week, Congress returns to Washington. Budget fights, judicial confirmations, and fresh scrutiny of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill awaits the...

31.08.2025 20

WA Today

Cory Alpert

After a holiday romance with dictatorship, Trump is returning to reality

This week, Congress returns to Washington. Budget fights, judicial confirmations, and fresh scrutiny of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill awaits the...

31.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert

After a holiday romance with dictatorship, Trump is returning to reality

This week, Congress returns to Washington. Budget fights, judicial confirmations, and fresh scrutiny of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill awaits the...

31.08.2025 10

The Age

Cory Alpert

After a holiday romance with dictatorship, Trump is returning to reality

This week, Congress returns to Washington. Budget fights, judicial confirmations, and fresh scrutiny of Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill awaits the...

31.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Cory Alpert

Posturing over peace: What Trump and Putin’s meeting was really about

In one of the few places on Earth where both men were safe, the point of this summit was never to resolve the war in Ukraine.

17.08.2025 8

WA Today

Cory Alpert

Posturing over peace: What Trump and Putin’s meeting was really about

In one of the few places on Earth where both men were safe, the point of this summit was never to resolve the war in Ukraine.

17.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert

Posturing over peace: What Trump and Putin’s meeting was really about

In one of the few places on Earth where both men were safe, the point of this summit was never to resolve the war in Ukraine.

17.08.2025 9

The Age

Cory Alpert

Posturing over peace: What Trump and Putin’s meeting was really about

In one of the few places on Earth where both men were safe, the point of this summit was never to resolve the war in Ukraine.

17.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Cory Alpert

America’s once kitschy obsession with Trump is no longer funny

In American mythology, the Fourth of July has always been a day when everyone could celebrate something that felt unifying. But this year felt...

07.07.2025 10

WA Today

Cory Alpert

America’s once kitschy obsession with Trump is no longer funny

In American mythology, the Fourth of July has always been a day when everyone could celebrate something that felt unifying. But this year felt...

07.07.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert

America’s once kitschy obsession with Trump is no longer funny

In American mythology, the Fourth of July has always been a day when everyone could celebrate something that felt unifying. But this year felt...

07.07.2025 10

The Age

Cory Alpert

America’s once kitschy obsession with Trump is no longer funny

In American mythology, the Fourth of July has always been a day when everyone could celebrate something that felt unifying. But this year felt...

07.07.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Cory Alpert

Americans have seen this movie before. Trump playing the hero doesn’t fool anyone

I grew up in America under the shadow of the Iraq War. Now, it feels as though history will repeat itself in Iran.

22.06.2025 4

WA Today

Cory Alpert

Americans have seen this movie before. Trump playing the hero doesn’t fool anyone

I grew up in America under the shadow of the Iraq War. Now, it feels as though history will repeat itself in Iran.

22.06.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert

Americans have seen this movie before. Trump playing the hero doesn’t fool anyone

I grew up in America under the shadow of the Iraq War. Now, it feels as though history will repeat itself in Iran.

22.06.2025 5

The Age

Cory Alpert

Americans have seen this movie before. Trump playing the hero doesn’t fool anyone

I grew up in America under the shadow of the Iraq War. Now, it feels as though history will repeat itself in Iran.

22.06.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Cory Alpert

Trump fantasises about being king and he doesn’t care which rules he breaks to become one

America is not a place where tanks normally roll through the streets on the president’s birthday. This is a machismo that can lead only to...

15.06.2025 9

WA Today

Cory Alpert

Trump fantasises about being king and he doesn’t care which rules he breaks to become one

America is not a place where tanks normally roll through the streets on the president’s birthday. This is a machismo that can lead only to...

15.06.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert

Trump fantasises about being king and he doesn’t care which rules he breaks to become one

America is not a place where tanks normally roll through the streets on the president’s birthday. This is a machismo that can lead only to...

15.06.2025 10

The Age

Cory Alpert

Trump fantasises about being king and he doesn’t care which rules he breaks to become one

America is not a place where tanks normally roll through the streets on the president’s birthday. This is a machismo that can lead only to...

15.06.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Cory Alpert

I’ve spent time with tech oligarchs – you have no idea just how weird they are

Like the rocket ships Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are shovelling money into, the tech being prioritised by Silicon Valley’s billionaires isn’t...

03.06.2025 8

WA Today

Cory Alpert

I’ve spent time with tech oligarchs – you have no idea just how weird they are

Like the rocket ships Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are shovelling money into, the tech being prioritised by Silicon Valley’s billionaires isn’t...

03.06.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert

I’ve spent time with tech oligarchs – you have no idea just how weird they are

Like the rocket ships Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are shovelling money into, the tech being prioritised by Silicon Valley’s billionaires isn’t...

03.06.2025 10

The Age

Cory Alpert

I’ve spent time with tech oligarchs – you have no idea just how weird they are

Like the rocket ships Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are shovelling money into, the tech being prioritised by Silicon Valley’s billionaires isn’t...

03.06.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Cory Alpert

Trump dreamt of a global far-right. Instead, he’s driving Europe to the left

In a candidate calling himself Trump’s “natural ally”, Romanian voters saw what a turn back towards a corrupt autocracy looked like and chose...

19.05.2025 5

WA Today

Cory Alpert

Trump dreamt of a global far-right. Instead, he’s driving Europe to the left

In a candidate calling himself Trump’s “natural ally”, Romanian voters saw what a turn back towards a corrupt autocracy looked like and chose...

19.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert

Trump dreamt of a global far-right. Instead, he’s driving Europe to the left

In a candidate calling himself Trump’s “natural ally”, Romanian voters saw what a turn back towards a corrupt autocracy looked like and chose...

19.05.2025 5

The Age

Cory Alpert

Trump dreamt of a global far-right. Instead, he’s driving Europe to the left

In a candidate calling himself Trump’s “natural ally”, Romanian voters saw what a turn back towards a corrupt autocracy looked like and chose...

19.05.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Cory Alpert

Canada’s prime minister schools the world: stand up to the bully, win the election

The world is no longer standing in America’s shadow. It is learning, quickly and with no small amount of fear, how to stand on its own.

30.04.2025 3

WA Today

Cory Alpert

Canada’s prime minister schools the world: stand up to the bully, win the election

The world is no longer standing in America’s shadow. It is learning, quickly and with no small amount of fear, how to stand on its own.

30.04.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert

Canada’s prime minister schools the world: stand up to the bully, win the election

The world is no longer standing in America’s shadow. It is learning, quickly and with no small amount of fear, how to stand on its own.

30.04.2025 8

The Age

Cory Alpert

Canada’s prime minister schools the world: stand up to the bully, win the election

The world is no longer standing in America’s shadow. It is learning, quickly and with no small amount of fear, how to stand on its own.

30.04.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Cory Alpert

Pope Francis’ care for others reflected the best of all of us

As a Jew, I was always impressed by Pope Francis’ commitment to reach out to other communities, and people with no religious affiliations.

23.04.2025 3

WA Today

Cory Alpert

Pope Francis’ care for others reflected the best of all of us

As a Jew, I was always impressed by Pope Francis’ commitment to reach out to other communities, and people with no religious affiliations.

23.04.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert

Pope Francis’ care for others reflected the best of all of us

As a Jew, I was always impressed by Pope Francis’ commitment to reach out to other communities, and people with no religious affiliations.

23.04.2025 10

The Age

Cory Alpert

Pope Francis’ care for others reflected the best of all of us

As a Jew, I was always impressed by Pope Francis’ commitment to reach out to other communities, and people with no religious affiliations.

23.04.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Cory Alpert

The greatest threat to America’s security? Donald Trump’s inept inner circle

For any other government, accidentally adding a journalist to a chat about military airstrikes would be a crisis. For Trump’s, it’s barely a blip...

25.03.2025 20

WA Today

Cory Alpert

The greatest threat to America’s security? Donald Trump’s inept inner circle

For any other government, accidentally adding a journalist to a chat about military airstrikes would be a crisis. For Trump’s, it’s barely a blip...

25.03.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert

The greatest threat to America’s security? Donald Trump’s inept inner circle

For any other government, accidentally adding a journalist to a chat about military airstrikes would be a crisis. For Trump’s, it’s barely a blip...

25.03.2025 10

The Age

Cory Alpert

The greatest threat to America’s security? Donald Trump’s inept inner circle

For any other government, accidentally adding a journalist to a chat about military airstrikes would be a crisis. For Trump’s, it’s barely a blip...

25.03.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Cory Alpert

America has just proven it is no longer defender of the free world

First Donald Trump tried to humiliate Volodymyr Zelensky, then he halted military aid to Ukraine. World leaders can be in no doubt that the US has...

04.03.2025 10

WA Today

Cory Alpert

America has just proven it is no longer defender of the free world

First Donald Trump tried to humiliate Volodymyr Zelensky, then he halted military aid to Ukraine. World leaders can be in no doubt that the US has...

04.03.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert

America has just proven it is no longer defender of the free world

First Donald Trump tried to humiliate Volodymyr Zelensky, then he halted military aid to Ukraine. World leaders can be in no doubt that the US has...

04.03.2025 20

The Age

Cory Alpert

America has just proven it is no longer defender of the free world

First Donald Trump tried to humiliate Volodymyr Zelensky, then he halted military aid to Ukraine. World leaders can be in no doubt that the US has...

04.03.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Cory Alpert

The tech race is a fight for control of the future. China is winning

Putting a man on the moon was a spectacle to prove American dominance. In the same way, China’s success with AI makes a bigger statement: “Our way...

29.01.2025 8

WA Today

Cory Alpert

The tech race is a fight for control of the future. China is winning

Putting a man on the moon was a spectacle to prove American dominance. In the same way, China’s success with AI makes a bigger statement: “Our way...

29.01.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Cory Alpert