The case for colonialism, with Bruce Gilley
The overwhelming majority of academic articles come and go with little fanfare. There may be the odd admiring nod from…
Lessons from the removal of Harvard’s president
“This is not a decision I came to easily,” wrote disgraced former Harvard University President Claudine Gay of her resignation…
Claudine Gay was bad for Harvard, but Harvard is bad for the country
I advise you to have a bottle of Dramamine on hand before reading Claudine Gay’s nauseating missive announcing her resignation as president…
Music and the well of human spirit
Amongst the huge volume of online viewing options that dominate our televisions these days, occasionally there are gems that speak…
Did Richard Tice tease a return to politics for Nigel Farage?
Reform UK is the great enigma of right-wing British politics. Despite lacking a memorable name, leader, policy platform or record…
Bitcoin’s bounce back has proved its critics wrong again
The charlatans had been exposed. Its flimsiness had been confirmed. And the bubble had finally burst. Rewind to just over…
The hypocrisy of France’s feminist movement
A cultural war has erupted in France over the iconic figure of Gérard Depardieu. The 75-year-old actor is considered one…
BBC rushes to defend Harvard’s president Gay
President Gay, we hardly knew thee. Six months ago, the political scientist was appointed the head of Harvard University to…
House prices aren’t falling any time soon
Economic forecasts rarely survive far into the New Year. Just look at last year’s prophecy by the IMF that the…
Claudine Gay is gone – but Harvard’s radical clerisy remain
In the end, Barack Obama, Penny Pritzker, 700-some members of the faculty, the mighty voice of the Harvard Crimson and the…
Israel is heading for war with Hezbollah
Saleh al-Arouri may have been a senior member of the Palestinian group Hamas, but the drone strike that brought his…
Israel has taken a big risk with its Hamas assassination in Lebanon
Israel today killed top Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri, in the most significant assassination since the war against Hamas started almost…
It’s no surprise Mhairi Black has turned on Nicola Sturgeon
Mhairi Black can clearly see which way the wind is blowing. ‘I did always feel a wee bit uncomfortable,’ the…
Israel’s supreme court verdict spells trouble for Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel’s supreme court has overturned a law passed by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government last year that would have limited the power…
Life’s too short to battle public health puritans – I’m over it
When I’m not compiling the Morning Double Shot email, or talking on the radio, my professional role is as a…
Clover Moore’s ‘Blak power’ New Year’s Eve fireworks (for kids?)
The ABC has been dragged from one end of social media to the other after the appallingly political and nauseatingly…
The haunting certainties of Australian Digital ID
Of what can we be certain regarding the two Digital ID Bills opened by our federal government to public comment…
Labour won’t fix Britain’s childcare mess
Labour appeared stumped when, earlier this year, the government announced it would be drastically increasing its ‘free’ childcare provision. Given…
Kim Jong-un is in no mood to calm down
South Korean voters will be among the more than four billion people going to the polls this year. With a…
King Charles vs Ayn Rand
Is it only the political movement of Climate Change in which we need to be wary of King Charles III,…
Fact check: the truth about the asylum backlog
When is a backlog in asylum applications not a backlog? When it is made up of ‘complex cases’ and of…
Wayne Rooney’s failure is no surprise
There was a certain inevitability to the sacking of Wayne Rooney as Birmingham City manager. The only real surprise is…
The trouble with Ofsted
Ruth Perry’s death last year was a tragedy. The headteacher had carried the burden of an Ofsted inspection pretty much…
Why protests in Serbia won’t lead to regime change
Serbia’s president, Aleksandar Vučić, has followed in Vladimir Putin’s footsteps this week by blaming popular protests on western meddling to discredit the…
Japan’s earthquake has brought back painful memories
The year 2024 began in the worst possible way for Japan. At least 30 people were killed by a powerful…
