‘That was painful’: CNN mourns Biden implosion
Oh dear. The Democrats are reeling from Joe Biden’s disastrous performance in the first presidential debate of the election (the…
Joe Biden’s debate disaster
The Democrats wanted and needed a compelling performance from Joe Biden last night: a rebuttal to the concerns about his…
Presidential debate: Joe Biden was painful to watch
These weren’t the Lincoln-Douglas debates. They weren’t Kennedy-Nixon. If those were graded ‘A’, then this was ‘C-minus’, at best. Both…
Iran’s sham election will change nothing
Voting takes place in Iran’s snap presidential election today – a contest brought forward by the death last month in…
There’s one place in Spain that hasn’t turned against tourists
Would you like to spend the winter in Benidorm? I guess it depends on the alternatives, but I wasn’t surprised…
Fatima Payman: the untouchable senator
When they are first elected and enter their party room for the first time, Labor MPs sign the Pledge. They…
Treason, Leaks, and Julian Assange: a misguided hero?
Thomas Jefferson once shot a man on the White House Lawn for treason. The Western world has come a long…
Biden had an awful debate. Is the media’s reaction an intervention?
The fix is in. The liberal media and Democratic donor class turned on President Joe Biden in droves on Thursday…
Australians should celebrate the return of Assange
The return of Julian Assange to Australia has undoubtedly been the dominant news item during the last couple of days.…
It’s time for a reckoning on race and gender
The Western world is facing a reckoning on race and gender. The rise of discriminatory hiring practices is usually the…
Sending US contractors to Ukraine could provoke Moscow
Call it ‘slippery slope’ or ‘mission creep’, America’s strategy for helping Ukraine defend itself against the Russian invasion has adapted…
Unesco’s Stonehenge threat isn’t worth taking seriously
If you gaze south from the sarsens of Stonehenge, your view at present is of a constant crocodile of cars…
Politicians aren’t discussing Britain’s woeful cancer survival rates
Last week, amid a flurry of election policies and debates, a striking report found that cancer survival in England currently…
Why the Bolivia coup failed
Latin America has long been the traditional home of the military coup – or ‘golpe’ in Spanish – so the…
Why the plot to kill Putin would be a mistake
Is the assassination of Vladimir Putin the answer to ending the war in Ukraine? A collection of émigré Russians who…
The pointlessness of the junior doctors’ strike
Junior doctors are back out on strike in England today, walking out this morning for five days. The timing of…
The shooting of Nahel Merzouk still haunts France
One year ago today, a 17-year-old called Nahel Merzouk was fatally shot by a policeman as he sped away from…
Why Israel’s ultra-Orthodox don’t want to serve
In the middle of a war, Israel’s government is wobbling. Not because of the policy failures that led to the…
What drugs could help you debate better? Doctors weigh in
Tonight America’s oldest president takes on his loose cannon predecessor in the first presidential debate in Atlanta. Presidents Biden and…
The trouble with David Tennant
Most people have a soft spot for the first ‘X’ film they legitimately saw as an alleged ‘adult’; mine was Magic,…
Biden’s health is a worry for Republicans and Democrats in tonight’s debate
Tonight, Donald Trump and Joe Biden face each other in the first of two presidential debates. With about ten per…
Will the French Blob thwart Marine Le Pen?
The National Rally presented its manifesto to the French people on Monday ahead of Sunday’s first round of voting in…
The problem with Starmer calling Sunak a ‘liar’
Is Rishi Sunak a ‘liar’? That was the powerful and rather incredible word used by Keir Starmer multiple times in…
Trump versus the moderators
It’s almost here… the first presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump will take place tomorrow night…
Liturgy Wars
The battle for the future of the Roman Catholic Church is coming to a head
