Wexler's Writings

How Much Is Enough?

On ABC’s Afternoon Briefing, host Patricia Karvelas checked the accusation that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. It raises the question: how much…

Apr 2 • Dominic Wexler

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Please Explain The Surge.

Pauline Hanson's One Nation has had recent success in the polls and in South Australia, but neither presage a nation-changing, and lasting, far-right…

Apr 1 • Dominic Wexler

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February 2026

To: Great British PAC, "In Defence of the Repatriation of the Parthenon Marbles".

In July last year, the conservative political action committee Great British PAC (GBPAC) published a two-page letter maligning the campaign to…

Feb 19 • Dominic Wexler

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Plato's Ant Colony.

Plato's Republic: a proto-totalitarian state where abstractions are revered and implications are ignored.

Feb 12 • Dominic Wexler

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Essays in Fabian Socialism: For the Right Moment, You Must Wait.

In 1884, England's foremost socialist organisation was founded. Unlike their ideological cousins who sought revolution, the early Fabian Society…

Feb 4 • Dominic Wexler

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January 2026

The Certainty Of 21st Century Sceptics.

Since COVID-19, the rise of scepticism' boosted by social media has risen to dangerous levels. But these sceptics aren't interested in truth. They…

Jan 11 • Dominic Wexler

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December 2025

Are All Books Political? No.

Book bans are on the rise in America. Authors and readers have come out swinging: "all books are political!" But, like most impassioned invocations, the…

Dec 11, 2025 • Dominic Wexler

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November 2025

A Reputation Lost: The Duveen Cleaning Scandal.

Against reunification, retentionists appeal to the British Museum's storied commitment to preserving the Parthenon Marbles. In reality, it's a fiction…

Nov 12, 2025 • Dominic Wexler

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October 2025

Interview With An Academic: Kaitlin Smith.

I recently interviewed Kaitlin Smith, a PhD student at UNC, about her personal experience in the academy and the role of the academic in contemporary…

Oct 26, 2025 • Dominic Wexler

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A Monarchist Against Monarchy: Walter Bagehot's The English Constitution

In 1867, Walter Bagehot's The English Constitution critically examined England's system of government. Although a monarchist, Bagehot exposed the ugly…

Oct 16, 2025 • Dominic Wexler

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Say No To Nietzsche.

Friedrich Nietzsche is everyone’s favourite aphorist. But read as a whole, the German writer lauds a sinister ideal: the Übermensch.

Oct 8, 2025 • Dominic Wexler

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The Right To Be Wrong: A Response To Florence.

A Ph.D. Substack User Recently Complained About The 'Problem' Of Stubborn Non-Academic Philosophers On This Platform. But There Is No Problem.

Oct 3, 2025 • Dominic Wexler

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