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For whom doth Ukraine’s bell toll?
Few people are better qualified than General Philip Breedlove (US) and General Sir Richard Shirreff (UK) to assess the military…
Where are those ‘money trees’ when you need them?
If only money could grow on trees. Victoria could plant a vast forest stretching to the horizon, visible from the…
Saving Private Josh
Josh Frydenberg has always been openly ambitious. Ambitious to be Member for Kooyong. Ambitious to be a minister. And ambitious…
China: an empire of debt
‘China is building an empire on debt,’ said Mark Steyn, of GB News. He is correct. Australia’s Pacific neighbour exports…
Treacherous Turnbull?
Our remarkable nation has had thirty Prime Ministers since Federation serving thirty-five separate terms of office. Elections at the national…
It’s time to vote for change
Politics has drifted a long way left since the days of Menzies and Fadden. Starting with Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser,…
Roe v. Wade v. the Rule of Law
Last year, the US Supreme Court heard an argument in the case of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organisation which…
The myth of unlimited resources
Money is simply an idea. It is a shortcut to make life, not only simpler, but more dynamic. It is…
Yeah but, what about ‘back up’?
Clearly, some things are no longer up for discussion. In a current TV ad from the Clean Energy Council, there…
Albo plots against Australia’s self-employed
There’s one seemingly small ‘bit’ in Labor’s election policy that should scare the hell out of Australia’s two million-or-so self-employed…
Bring back Christianity
Around 5,000 years ago, humans mastered writing. This marked the transition from prehistory to history. It’s a fraught calculation, but…
The essential ‘activism cheat sheet’
The Trans Journalists Association has produced a style guide to help media outlets provide ‘more accurate, sensitive coverage’ of trans issues. A…
First, do no harm
As the old saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. This is because unintended consequences have…
Net Zero: the puritan Trojan horse
Recall in the movie Back to the Future when Doc warned Marty McFly not to allow his future self to…
Trickle-down ‘Woke’ dominates business
‘Go Woke, Go Broke’ has been a favourite cry of those that oppose companies that take on fashionable causes but…
The Left won’t leave Twitter
Unless you have been living under a rock, you will have heard the exciting news that Twitter has finally come…
Did we make things worse?
For almost two years, it has been an article of faith that the only way out of this Covid pandemic is…
Elections: a trough of public money
When the major parties come together to tinker with electoral systems, there is one thing guaranteed; the citizens will get…
Fighting off Wuflu at seventy
I am narrowly and slowly recovering from a bout of Wuflu. It’s a bit like a really, really bad dose…
Censored, but not forgotten
Late last week, Pauline Hanson’s One Nation dropped another election cartoon. The series has gained both notoriety and infamy for…
China: the young cat vs the pestiferous varmint
From a Chinese perspective of recent history, the West does not look good. In 1919, the French President Georges Clemenceau…
Mandatory voting: a moral obligation
Australia is one of only 22 countries in the world that has compulsory voting for all citizens. Out of these…
Thugs or no thugs…? Albo seeks to close ABCC
Amidst Anthony Albanese’s confusing election promises, there’s one commitment that stands out. An Albanese Labor government will close down the Australian Building and…
Maybe Trump was right
Adam Creighton has a recent good piece in The Australian arguing, essentially, that Trump got most things right. It’s hard to argue…
Propaganda unleashed
Putin’s right-hand man and Defence Minister, Sergei Shoigu, has publicly described propaganda and disinformation as weapons of equal standing in…
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