Forget the republic, bring back the monarchy
Throughout much of the Middle East, monarchists offer a way to bring about modernity and tackle Islamism
Trump Derangement Syndrome
Why such antipathy to The Donald?
Bush notes
‘Most dynasties are defined and circumscribed by region,’ goes a 2001 op-ed in the Washington Post. ‘The Roosevelts rode as…
Primary notes
My heart sank when I read the PM arrived in Washington, DC just a few days after I left. God…
An Aussie Trump?
Australian politics lacks an anti-political correctness leader
Clash of uncivilisations
To defeat Islamic fascism, the nations of the enlightenment need to start believing in themselves
On ‘muscular liberalism’
Liberals are learning they may have to fight for what they believe in
Drunken notes
I’m a bit drunk, so let’s just get this over with: I love Malcolm Turnbull. Now, hold your tomatoes, proles.…
Blue blood notes
My sole dream in life is to be a champagne socialist. It irritates me no end that there’s no apparent…
Syrian Anzacs
Let’s train middle-east refugees to fight for their homeland rather than to hate or terrorise ours
Joe for Prez
Now that the economy’s all done and dusted, it’s time to focus on the really important stuff - like an Oz Republic
Self-loathing at first sight
The Left have so successfully stereotyped the Right, that now they believe it themselves
Orange glow
The NSW smoking ban is an Inglorious revolution
Bottom drawer
Putin, Franco and the Tsar
Let Charles do the Recognising
Rather than a phony, legalistic preamble, let the Australian monarch recognise who was here first
Bottom Drawer
Republican monarchists
Bottom drawer
Professor Anne Twomey (‘Royal activism in the spider web of secrecy’, 4 April) argues that Prince Charles’s use of his…
