Journalism is not a crime (but we’re more interested showing just how woke we are)
If, like me, you believe in the fundamental right of free speech, you will also have concerns about how people…
What about John Setka’s freedom of speech?
If, like me, you think free speech is the bottom line of a free society, and don’t care what is…
The real problem with the Australian economy
The unemployment figures came and went yesterday with just the usual passing mention. There is a real problem in Australia,…
A progressive ALP is unelectable
There used to be a line in the Lord’s Prayer which went: “But lead us not into temptation; and deliver…
Multiculturalism is the enemy of diversity
The American motto E pluribus unum (“Out of many, one”) expressed perfectly the founding intent to mould a land of…
Rugby Australia has values – but Israel Folau has principles
‘Doing your own thing’ seemed like such a simple, straightforward idea. It captured the whole idea of freedom in a…
Scott Morrison has just weeks to prove: is he a conservative or a con
I don’t want to spend too much time on all these Newspolls that show that Shorten’s ALP is going to…
‘Corporate values’: any more than marketing?
Have you ever wondered what ‘corporate values’ are? I must confess here that it is entirely possible that ‘values’ do…
Just to re-Itarate for Their ABC
Perhaps the government does have an eye on the women’s vote with its choice of Ita Buttrose as the new…
American Socialism and the coming Great Leap Backwards
It was never going to be the case, even under the most perfect Marxist Communism, that the proletariat would rule…
Some sweet and sour takeaways for educational happiness
With Scot Morrison on the way out, Bill Shorten on the way in, and the economy on the way down,…
The empire – sorry, EU – strikes back
While it is always interesting to be a fly on the wall, it is also interesting to try to understand…
The Ramsay Centre: knowledge or nihilism
Everyone must surely be aware that the Ramsay Centre has held discussions with a number of Australian universities as it…
How to be a man? Be a boy first
Imagine for a moment that you have been given a special power. I don’t mean one of those super powers…
Santa can exist in all of us – and so can good
There are some things that it is difficult to face up to on your own. Boring Hollywood movies is one…
Give it to me straight, Doc
Here’s a statistic you wouldn’t read about – at least not in any medical association playbook. John Hopkins University in…
Confucius say: relax
You get a glimpse of the real purpose of education when you look at the liberal arts curriculum offered here…
Tinker, tailor, soldier, Mr Harbourside Mansion?
George Papadopoulos has gone to gaol, it seems, for lying to Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller. Scott Morrison is going into…
Apocalypse not
I have read that Pope Francis believes that climate change is such a big danger to the planet that it could turn…
Give speech a chance
It’s time once again, good people, to take out your pen and paper (or your QWERTY keyboard and computer) and…
Mutti and Macron: a tragic tale of thwarted love
You probably thought it was not possible to accurately equate the relations between nation states with personal human relationships. That…
The age of unreason
We have entered an age of unreason; an age when the evidence of our senses and the sentences and words…
Fcuk orf
I want to be upfront with this. There will be no beating around the bush. I want to see the…
What’s so bad about negative gearing?
As Scott Morrison tours the Queensland coastline, his mind is most probably wandering across a range of policies that he…
Literacy: a conservative value
Phonics is a way of teaching children to read that links the letters of the alphabet, syllables and words to…
