Why everyone should visit a mine
If I were a state education minister I would make it a compulsory part of a high school curriculum for…
The stupidity of (all) identity politics
Actress Rosanna Arquette is in the news for tweeting the other day “I’m sorry I was born white and privileged. It disgusts me.…
A burqa ban that only shows the weakness of the West
I’m of mixed views about the burqa and the niqab (more Islamist than Islamic head to toe “modesty wear” which…
What to do if your parents are committing thought crime
If you are a woke Millennial, chances are at least some of your older relatives – parents, grandparents, uncles –…
If there’s just one thing you need to read on climate science…
This could be it. None of the contents are new or original, but in this longer-than-an-average opinion piece, Bjorn Lomborg distils all…
About those person holes…
You would have read of another triumph of human progress from the city that has been a pioneer for so…
Meet 007’s most fearsome enemy: a politically correct lack of imagination
The meh news of the week: Since Daniel Craig announced he was standing down as James Bond, debate has raged…
Advice from a happy migrant: love it or leave
Donald Trump and his typing fingers are in trouble again (as they are pretty much every day) for telling “the Squad”…
Epstein and Clinton: a tale of two searches
I have written about the scumbag Jeffrey Epstein before; in any case, he’s all over the news again so you…
A tale of lingerie and liberation
A case of persecution, followed by a period of down-and-out, but now with a happy ending: Negzzia, 29, has been…
From Israel to Poland, the corporate social responsibility folaut continues
The Israel Folau case is big because Israel Folau is big – literally, but more importantly, metaphorically speaking. Folau, however,…
From woke to choke
Sometimes you discover to your utmost horror and disgust that you have placed too much trust and faith in a…
And now for some political wisdom from the Trotsky clan. True
In one of those cruel strokes of fate, all of Leon Trotsky’s four children predeceased him, even if many would…
How the woke hurt the poor
My favourite American urbanist and demographer, Joel Kotkin, writes how the quest for social justice so often harms the poor:…
Where are the all songs about liberty?
There’s been a discussion running at PJ Media and then Instapundit, about music and the end of the Cold War…
Socialists stand up for the workers against immigration?
Socialists standing up for workers by opposing immigration? Yes. Apparently, it can happen. Sometimes. “The Guardian” reports on Mette Frederiksen,…
The AFL’s goalless game at Tiananmen Stadium
If you need any further evidence that time indeed flies, on Tuesday we will remember the thirtieth anniversary of the…
“ALP: Thought Crimes Unit” – what to expect with the new cast and the new series
Big changes are in store for season five of the ACTU/ABC/New Daily-Union Super/Guardian Media hit TV drama “ALP: Thought Crimes…
Labor’s problems are all too obvious, but Liberals can’t forget they’ve got issues too
It has been said for the past decade or two that the parliamentary Labor Party is finding it increasingly difficult…
Trump Derangement Syndrome: now shrinks tell the terrible truth
Donald Trump’s election was a shock to many people. And it was a shock that continued to reverberate long after…
How we’ve turned mad – half mad, anyway
Two numbers in the low forties popped up in two separate stories this week: Americans today are more closely divided…
Only a dragon and a bottle of bleach separates Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from Daenerys Targaryen
Judging by the social media response, the only people to appreciate the “Game of Thrones” series finale might be politics and…
This weird, nerdy kid from communist Poland’s moment of economic revelation
Unlike some people, I’ve never had a religious experience, that moment of staggering clarity when one seems to connect with…
Who’s hot for the hijab honey?
In perhaps the most pointless piece of pandering to the gods of diversity and inclusivity, the venerable “Sports Illustrated” swimsuit…
The end of the world is nigh (and yet again millennials cop it hardest)
The religious impulse must be strongly imprinted in a human psyche indeed. As fewer and fewer people seriously subscribe to…
