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Aux bien pensants
Drive-by media’s bias against Trump The reporting of the 2016 presidential election can hardly be celebrated as the media’s finest…
Blasphemy or art?
When Indonesian artist Arahmaia-ni Feisal first exhibited Lingga-Yoni, she received death threats. Against scrawled Arabic script, the 1994 artwork showed…
Have a great Invasion Day
Like a national sports event, the annual Australia Day clash between patriotism and shame is upon us again. It’s a…
Business/Robbery etc
It’s not President Trump’s corporate tax cuts, or even the retailer-busting arrival of Amazon to these shores that poses the…
Letter from Beijing
Political extravaganzas in China, like October’s 19th Communist Party Congress, aren’t policy turning points. They are theatre. Only one of…
Nightmares from the Nineties
The release of the Keating Cabinet papers was an opportunity for the Left to salivate over one of their politico-cultural…
In the dark
When I was very young (it must have been before I was sent to boarding school at the age of…
Keep on tweeting, Mr President
There are two ways to judge a president or a prime minister. That which is true is based on policy,…
How to win the West (back)
In the last few months, the concept of ‘Western Civilisation’ has received significant coverage in the Australian press. In the…
Hippier times
It seemed an odd place for a full-strength contingent of NSW police to set up a sobriety checkpoint, this long,…
The mitigation fantasy
President Macron marked the second anniversary of the Paris Agreement on climate change by convening a ‘One Planet Summit’ in…
A ruined life in the one-way war
Adam Smith warned on the criminalising of emotions – hate crimes – in the Theory af Moral Sentiments, published in…
Guilty
A decision by Justice Elizabeth Fullerton is due imminently in the case of malicious prosecution brought by Gordon Wood against…
Skid marks in the desert
My time was up. Skid marks in the desert after three decades and six years. You don’t run out of…
Business/Robbery etc
Forcing the deferral of the government’s vital superannuation industry reforms by terrorising cross-bench Senators with electoral political threats only serves…
Losing our perspective
As Christmastime rolls around again we should take special care not to cause offence when sending group emails and Tweets…
A beacon for human rights?
The royal decree granting Saudi women the right to drive astonished the Western world and geared up approval for the…
Provocateur-in-Chief
The sin of provocation, Turkish President Erdogan helpfully explained in January 2015, was when mischief-makers fomented ‘hatred and enmity’ in…
They legislated a lie
An appeal to my fellow conservatives: please stop congratulating that chap who has his boot on your neck. Even Tony…
Christmas notes
Public shaming I know Christmas is a time for families and togetherness but frankly, I’m concerned that flicking the switch…
Robin and Eric
Having been in a loving relationship for two months, Robin and Eric were hot to trot and tied the knot…
Ben Canaider
As readers may be aware, December began in sunny Melbourne with a deluge of biblical proportions – or so Melburnians…
The unacceptable cost of renewables
Parts of Europe may be tearing themselves apart politically over the vast costs of adopting renewable energy, but Australian voters…
Flash in the pan
Last week an unlikely event took place: something interesting happened at the Arias. The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards…
Bopping with Bippera
In 2012, as James Morrison was collecting his trumpet from the baggage carousel at Cairns airport, a fan approached to…
