Why Trump won South Carolina
Elvis has left the building. So has Trump, and he left victorious. The “primary show” will have a few encores,…
Sunak was right to suspend Lee Anderson
When Lee Anderson was made deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, it was on the understanding that he’d explode now…
Shamima Begum shouldn’t have lost her British citizenship
Parliamentary sovereignty is the bedrock of the constitution, and the courts ought to accept it, even when bad laws are…
Gaslighting AI chatbots over the Covid pandemic
I’m just going to come out and say it, I love AI chat programs. I believe that when employed judiciously,…
How badly will Nikki Haley lose in South Carolina?
Will Nikki Haley defy expectations and only lose by 20 points today? That seems to be closest thing to a…
The shamelessness of Hope not Hate
You would think that a group called ‘Hope not Hate’ would have a lot of important things to talk about…
Two years on, the Ukraine war matters more than ever
There are inevitably voices in the West questioning the value of committing more than £5.5 billion a month in support…
Netanyahu’s plan won’t deradicalise the Palestinians
Four months after the beginning of the Gaza war, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally presented his security cabinet…
Why is the New Scientist defending cannibalism?
Most law students in the English-speaking world will have come across R v Dudley and Stephens, from 1884, which established…
Navalny showed there is a better Russia
Everything was angular about him: his brilliant smile, the choppy movements of his hands as he spoke, the western mannerisms he had…
Dartmoor’s mass trespass isn’t what it seems
The largest mass trespass in a generation will take place in Devon today. Hundreds of protesters belonging to the pressure-group…
Watchdog consumers
The news that Brad Banducci is stepping down as CEO of supermarket giant Woolworths is to be warmly welcomed. This…
Faint heart never won fair lady
How Peter Dutton can win the next election
Forget Aquarius
This is the Age of Incompetence
Naval gazing
What’s on Labor’s defence shopping list?
Real climate science
Two reports you won’t read anywhere else
Keeping up with the neighbours
The world’s largest democracy has a new leader
China’s economic handicap
The Communist party’s self-interest blocks needed fixes
Subversion within New Zealand
Not for the first time
Albo the lethal lorelei
The saga of Labor’s border farce continues
And the award for best hypocrite goes to…
EGO is a dirty acronym
An all-but-lost treasure
Tennessee Williams is still looking like one of the greatest playwrights of the twentieth century and the plays he wrote…
Aussie life
Surprisingly, perhaps, it was only 20 years after the Union flag was first raised in Sydney Cove that white Australians…
Language
Is the great old Aussie word ‘bloke’ an offensive word? The army thinks it is. Writing in the Daily Telegraph…
Jury’s verdict against republic referendum
Ironic that thanks are due to Anthony Albanese
