Reasonable doubt about Pell
I want to remind readers of the Speccie of a key premise – really it is a trade-off that we…
Put a sock in it, Kel
My gosh these are delicate times Down Under. Not for Australians the vigorous thrust and parry of political debate with…
Canadian notes
I’m a virtue-signaller and I’m OK We have left Britain behind on this year-long sabbatical and are now in my…
Lefty lawyers, Part 2
Last week I noted that the lawyers of today, as a class, are a lot more left-leaning and politically correct…
Lawyers and law schools
Among a certain, shall we say more mature, segment of the population there is a lingering sense that lawyers as…
Cane toads squashed by the bedwetters
I finally sat down and had a look at the new Scott Morrison cabinet. Wow! If you imagine a spectrum…
Boris or oblivion
They recently released a poll over here in Britain. Only women were polled and they were asked ‘Would you sleep…
The Donald next door
From tomorrow, and for a few days thereafter, my wife and I will have a new neighbour here in London. …
May finally exits, stage left
I have been on sabbatical now, living in London, since the beginning of this year. During that whole time I…
Australian notes
Eleven random thoughts Let me start with a bow to those who thought it best to vote for Malcolm Turnbull…
Election eve thoughts on the least worst of the least worst
High Commissioner to London George Brandis brings the election day charity sausage sizzle to the largest polling booth of them…
Were the Del-Cons wrong?
Well, the election is almost here. In a little over a week we’ll know if Scott Morrison has pulled off…
Rocket science
The news has finally reached us over here in London. Australia is going to have an election. The choice will…
Political notes
Trudeau & the Virtuecrats It is too depressing to say anything much about the UK and Brexit. Well over half…
Judge dread
Let me talk about an example of an undemocratic trend from my home state of Queensland. A fortnight ago the…
Kiwi notes
What ScoMo should have said to Jacinda ‘Thank you Prime Minister Ardern for those blunt comments just now in which…
Morrison, Dutton and the Coalition
Over here in London, politics is boiling down to a battle between perfidity (of Theresa May, her Remainer-stacked Cabinet and…
Sports notes
Tennis as progressive ideology As I have made clear once or twice already in the pages of this august magazine,…
Lefty francophiles
What is it about left-leaning elites (so the significant preponderance of today’s ‘elite’ class) and France? It’s hard not to…
Here’s the recipe for success
After a family Christmas in Canada my wife and I are now in London for half a year. It’s been…
Australian notes
Students lacking the basics I am a law professor at the University of Queensland, a G8 university and one of…
Sleight of hand of the ‘moderates’
Ever heard of the wonderful American magician team of Penn & Teller? My son and I saw them in Vegas…
The waffly centre won’t hold
I am writing this the morning after the Liberal party’s election fiasco in Victoria. And yet again we have more…
Conservative notes
Why don’t the Libs fight to win? Imagine that in getting your public affairs news you were restricted to the…
And then there was one…
Exit, stage right, Ross Cameron. Sky TV has fired its second Outsiders host. This time the charge was racism and…
