The imaginary man
You may have noticed the recent Weekend Australian Magazine piece former US President, Barack Obama. The article, by Gabriel Debenedetti,…
Crony unionism, coming soon to a hole in the ground near you
I had a shock recently when I read an article in the New York Times that wasn’t critical of Donald…
There’s no participation trophy in real life
There has been a trend afoot for a number of years to give people participation awards, particularly to children in…
Ten thousand ways that will not work
I have not failed 10,000 times. I have successfully found 10,000 ways that will not work — Thomas Edison The…
No matter the question, government is the answer
Earlier this week Menzies Research Centre boss Nick Cater carried out a skilful dissection of the Northcote by-election in Victoria.…
Brisbane’s new Green ghetto?
The Queensland Greens have announced what they euphemistically call a ‘Housing Policy’, called ‘A home for all’. This will cost…
Labor’s desperate sales pitch
Nothing says desperation more than calling on the Bob Hawke to do your selling and evoking the memory of a…
The libertarian case against marriage equality
On 27 November 2007, the legal hammer fell on Massachusetts’ resident David Parker as he lost his court battle to…
The monarchists’ best friend
You’d quite rightly be suspicious if someone came knocking on your door every few months asking you to move to…
Energy policy: the meatgrinder of the poor
The outstanding success of the South Australian government of giving their people the highest power prices in the world is…
Why January 26 matters
Symbolism and imagery are important for a nation. They are important as focal points where our history vividly comes to…
The Cory Show
Senator Cory Bernardi is blitzkrieging the east coast at the moment, holding a series of meetings and interviews. I caught…
It’s just a jump to the left…
If it feels like you’re doing the Time Warp again, it’s because you are. Our nominally conservative parties have been…
Cory Bernardi has his work cut out for him
The ancient Greeks often used the art form of storytelling, using fables or parables to get a point across. One…
Emmanuel Macron, the new Barack Obama
Eleven years ago, the US media started to produce glowing, servile reports about the junior senator from Illinois named Barack…
School funding: time to cut out the middleman
A few days ago, I received the latest edition of the ‘The Butler Bulletin’ in the mail from my local…
Energy policy: Green and red
Do you suffer from high power bills? Never fear, The Greens are here! Like knights in shining green armour they’re…
What Married at First Sight teaches us about the social sciences
So Married at First Sight is over for another year, at least that’s the promise Channel 9’s made to everyone.…
Property management, Greens-style
Now and again the world gets a real life opportunity to catch a glimpse what would happen if the inmates…
What Twitter teaches us about the left and 18C
There’s been plenty written about 18C in the past few months with many media organisations and personalities coming out strongly…
