Reform is driven by common sense, not ideology
Nuclear escalation
Did you see the pictures of the towering inferno as a Victorian wind turbine went up in flames? What a…
No one is thinking of the children
The evidence of the damage to children at the hands of LGBTIQA+ gender clinics is in. All that’s needed now…
Australia is a Christian country (for now)
Whether you realise it or not, you live in a Christian country. And whether you believe in the Christian faith…
Why are residential builders going bankrupt when there are houses to build?
We are constantly informed and reminded of major state or federal infrastructure or building projects that have overrun both financial…
Shhhhhh…
It is somewhat refreshing to watch a movie whose entire premise can be summed up with a finger on the…
Nuclear is but the second option
One of the great aberrations of the executive state is the obstinacy, determination, and poll-driven enthusiasm with which governments (both…
Witchery witch-hunted by fashion activism
Witchery is an Australian women’s fashion brand that has been popular since its founding in South Australia in 1970. It…
Reform is driven by common sense, not ideology
I had to fly to the UK for the campaign in Clacton because had Nigel Farage not won there, the…
Killing the birds and the bees
In late 2022, I wrote an article for the Epoch Times titled: Not the Bees! Varroa Mite Madness… At the…
Bill Shorten and the NDIS: if you want sex, pay for it yourself
Bill Shorten has given credence to speculation that Anthony Albanese is considering an early election by randomly deciding that sex…
Mainstream media is not long for this world
So… Joe Biden identifies as a black woman? In his first radio interview in the wake of his disastrous debate…
Omnicause
When people stop believing in God, the British author GK Chesterton argues, the problem is, ‘They don’t believe in nothing;…
Why is Albo so timid?
For many years, there was a large billboard on Dequetteville Terrace in Adelaide, one of the city’s major thoroughfares. It…
Turning pear-shaped
As an economist, I naturally keep an eye on the performance of the federal Treasurer. (The state treasurers are almost…
Disabling our economy
When it comes to the Commonwealth budget, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. This light, however,…
Government is a health hazard
The world’s medical establishment is sick. That’s not news. After all, we still remember the World Health Organisation, the United…
Defending Assange
Free societies cannot exist without free speech nor survive without independent media able and willing to speak truth to power.…
China shock 2.0
In 2013, three economists published a 154-page study in American Economic Review headlined ‘The China Syndrome’ that analysed ‘local labour…
A hole in one
I am currently in North America and my-oh-my does it feel good to be a conservative in the New World…
Vague
According to a CNN poll on the presidential debate, two-thirds of Americans believe Trump won. As no rational person could…
Suella hits out at pro-LGBT Tories
As rumours continue to swirl about who will make a bid for the Tory leadership, Suella Braverman has been on…
Should this Anglo-Saxon drama have a diverse cast?
A new eight-part TV series co-produced by the BBC about England in 1066, entitled King and Conqueror, has diverse actors playing…
Keir Starmer and the illusion of ‘seriousness’
The first few days of a totally new government are disorientating. Nobody knows quite how to react. The electoral dust…
Cameron and Holden resign as Sunak announces shadow cabinet
Richard Holden has resigned from his role as Conservative party chairman. The news comes as the Tory party has announced…
Kiwi life
New Zealand in crisis Given the destruction the previous Labour government inflicted on this country, and the damage caused by…
New Zealand’s carbon sequestration problem
Ongoing concern about climate change has fuelled debate about the part carbon sequestration might play in reducing New Zealand’s net…
Why New Zealand is cracking down on immigration
The government of New Zealand this week tightened the country’s working visa rules in order to stem historically high numbers…
Why is New Zealand’s deputy PM rowing with Chumbawamba?
In their musical heyday, the English anarchist punk band Chumbawamba enjoyed a reputation for having an irreverent attitude towards those…
Why is it so hard to be a Christian in public life?
No hint of vanity
The new documentary I Am: Celine Dion which just started on Amazon Prime Video and in cinemas begins with Maria…
A tribute to Ismail Kadare, a writer who really deserved a Nobel Prize
Apart from Bob Dylan and Kazuo Ishiguro, it’s a fair bet that most people’s reaction to the Nobel prizewinners for…
Greatness written all over him
It was fascinating to see Patti LuPone that immense Broadway musical star interviewed with such palpable reverence by the ABC’s…
‘Terrible but magnificent’: the life and times of playwright John Osborne
With the news the Almeida Theatre is to stage John Osborne’s 1956 play Look Back in Anger this Autumn as…
The clue to Shakespeare’s sexuality lies in the sonnets
The question ‘Was Shakespeare gay?’ is not very rational. It might be a little like asking ‘Was Shakespeare a Tory?’.…
Echoes of Tom Brown’s School Days: Rabbits, by Hugo Rifkind, reviewed
The year is 1993 and 16-year-old Tommo has been moved from a day state school of 2,000 pupils in brown…
The important business of idle loafing
In our godless, post-industrial, hyper-competitive world, rest is seen merely as recuperation: it’s when we man-machines ‘recharge our batteries’, as…
Nothing rivals a traditional Chinese banquet for opulence
In February 1985 I had the good fortune to be a guest in Hong Kong at the Mandarin hotel’s 21st…
Imprisoned for years on Putin’s whim
Imagine: it’s 16 December 2004 and you are a middle-ranking banker living in Moscow – prosperous but ordinary, a long…
The Karakachan sheepdog is a match for any bear – but not for modern society
Kapka Kassabova is celebrated for her poetic accounts of rural communities dwelling at the margins of modernity, but also along…
The assassination of Georgi Markov bore all the hallmarks of a Russian wet job
In September 1978 Georgi Markov, a Bulgarian émigré writer, waited at a bus stop on Waterloo Bridge on his way…
Why would anyone choose to live in Puerto Rico?
From the eastern Atlantic, the US looks boringly uniform. Yet Alaska is almost as different from Alabama as Turku is…