Three crises
Commenting on Tony Abbott’s recent Perth speech in Quadrant, Keith Windschuttle identified three crises ‘which, taken together, represent a national…
Lords a-dancing around Taqiyya
In Gilbert and Sullivan’s Iolanthe the British House of Lords, which ‘did nothing in particular, but did it very well’,…
The flibbertigibbet Pope
After two Popes of towering intellectual and spiritual strength, it is difficult to become used to the fact that their…
True Islam
Each new Islamic terrorist atrocity is denounced by western leaders such as our Prime Minister as a ‘twisted’ or ‘perverted’…
Who put the cult into multiculturalism?
A British General of the Raj, told that suttee was an Indian custom, replied: ‘We have a custom too. When…
German attacks on Israel
It might be thought that Germany would still feel a bit… er… sensitive in its dealing with Jews. Indeed, the…
The Cup, the Martyrs and the Archbishop
The sub-leader in the Australian some months ago (‘Sipping water a capital offence’) called attention to the plight of Mrs…
A fight to the finish
The Senate’s blocking of the government’s attempted modification of Section 18C indicates that there is something drastically wrong with the…
Clean end of the turd
I have received an email from the Liberal Party’s Federal office: ‘The Turnbull Coalition Government is making the Racial Discrimination…
Islamophobia is dangerous humbug
Among the most purely dishonest expressions in modern politics (eclipsing even ‘Social justice’) is ‘Islamophobia’. A phobia – the word…
Islamophobia is dangerous humbug
Among the most purely dishonest expressions in modern politics (eclipsing even ‘Social justice’) is ‘Islamophobia’. A phobia – the word…
The Jackal vote
I have argued before that New Zealand and Australia might combine their defence forces, providing New Zealand pulled its weight…
The Jackal vote
I have argued before that New Zealand and Australia might combine their defence forces, providing New Zealand pulled its weight…
Have a cigar
Whatever else may be said of the late Fidel Castro, he has one distinction no-one can take from him or…
Have a cigar
Whatever else may be said of the late Fidel Castro, he has one distinction no-one can take from him or…
Have a cigar
Whatever else may be said of the late Fidel Castro, he has one distinction no-one can take from him or…
The Last Enemy, then and now
Going through my library recently I came across a small, rather battered blue book: the 1943 edition of The Last…
The new, objectivity-free journalism?
A prize-winning reporter of the old school (we started as cadets on The West Australian together) has sent me a…
In the Navy, in the Army…
Those amused or alarmed by the pictures of former Army Chief and Australian of the Year David Morrison mincing about…
Australian notes
On Quadrant I organised a small fund-raiser to help Quadrant after the Literature Board cut off its grant without explanation…
Anti-Semitism of the progressive churches
One of the nastiest perversions of Christianity in the world today – the attempted demonisation and isolation of Israel –has…
Quest for glory blundered
Napoleon’s judicial murder of the Duke of Enghien was summed up by either his Chief of Police, Joseph Fouche or…
The lady means business
Gina Rinehart: The Untold Story of the Richest Woman in the World By Adele Ferguson PanMacmillan, $34.99, pp 490 ISBN…
Fight to the death
Not Dead Yet: Labor’s Post-Left Future By Mark Latham Black Inc Books, $19.95, pp 99 ISBN 9781863955973 This book, by…
