Author Archives: Dan Rowden

About Dan Rowden

Dan Rowden is a freelance writer and philosopher who has been active in philosophical and political discourse since Malcolm Turnbull invented the Internet in Australia. For the last 15 years he has contributed to and administered Internet philosophy forums. Politics is a secondary interest, but he recognises moments of significance in Australia's political history.

Was Turnbull Right about Rudd?

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Dan Rowden

In short, yes he was, but we may never know if his reasons were sound or not.  Like so many other aspects of his political life, he may have done the right thing by accident.  

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The Parlous State of Oz Political Journalism

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Dan Rowden

You’d think the Wizard would have it sorted by now that he can’t control the Elphaba narrative if he doesn’t exercise proper superintendence over the flying monkeys and make them work even harder at those keyboards …

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Has Social Media Lost It?

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Dan Rowden

For me that question is simultaneously complex and simple; simultaneously self-evident and yet invalid. Such is the heterogeneity of social media – and I guess the nebulosity of the meaning of “it”.

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Well, that was depressing.

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Dan Rowden

The election result, that is. Then again, I suppose that’s only true if you voted Labor, Greens or any of the progressive minor parties or anyone that came nowhere, much like the progressive minor parties. For Coalition voters and members … Continue reading →

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Yes, Labor can win an election in 2016

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Dan Rowden

For months now it’s seemed as though the Labor Party’s political fortunes rested on factors almost entirely out of its control, i.e. the fortunes of the Coalition. Shorten seemed to many to be a dud, a mistake not of their … Continue reading →

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The New Politics of the Right

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Dan Rowden

The Federal Election of September 7, 2013 was one fought on a psychological rather than policy battlefield. Policy matters were almost an after thought, a distraction from the real game in play.  It was all about hearts and minds.  Of … Continue reading →

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Doubly Disillusioned

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Dan Rowden

Originally posted on The Australian Independent Media Network:
There are lately some Labor supporters who are expressing a somewhat fervent hope that Australians will face, at some point in 2014, a Double Dissolution election, brought on by whatever trouble Labor…

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The hyperbole and histrionics that is Bob Ellis

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Dan Rowden

Warning: for the sake of ease of language the following opinion piece utilises a simplistic model of the Left-Right dichotomy of the Australian political landscape. The political vanguard that is the commentariat of the Internet-Left is always swift to jump … Continue reading →

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