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The fuel that must not be named
The lengths to which some policy makers go in a democratic society to ensure that other points of view aren’t…
The roots of terrorism
The Hindu ceremony of Shiva Sarwan is a dedication to Lord Shiva through a special pilgrimage to the Ganges on…
Just when you think Fairfax couldn’t be more idiotic
Just when you think Fairfax couldn’t go any lower, couldn’t be more asinine, they come along and surprise you. “Are…
Silencing dissent against assisted suicide
Later this week the Ministerial Advisory Panel set up by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews to advise his government on a…
I’m a doubter — and a sceptic too
The Associated Press is a worldwide news agency headquartered in New York City. It issues ‘The Associated Press Stylebook’ which…
Abbott birther barminess booms
Oh boy. Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy… We’re not in Kansas anymore, people. You remember that Abbott birther barminess…
What shall we do about Section 44?
Did you hear the one about Senator Richard Di Natale approaching the Deep Thought super-computer and asking what’s the answer…
Blunders, boobs and Greens
It would be funny if it weren’t so… totally hilarious. Deputy Greens leader Larissa Waters has resigned from the Senate.…
Fairfax fools join the birther brigade
What else were they ever going to do? Two Green senators were forced to resign because they’re better at self-righteousness than…
The F-35 by the numbers
There are some rules of thumb in the costs of fighter aircraft. One is that the engine cost will be…
It’s the vibe…
Leftists like the Greens are constantly trying to do everything they can to dilute tradition, undermine our institutions and ultimately…
The new Home Affairs Department should be welcomed
The Prime Minister has today unveiled a national security ‘mega-department’, to be called, as guessed by the commentariat, the Department…
Islam’s “barbaric fury”
Andrew Urban has lived up to his famous namesake, Pope Urban II (1088-1099), in his warnings that evil thrives when…
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…
AFL and the biased politics of sport
Politics thrives and prospers on power. Power seeps through winning over the masses. Where are the masses in Australia? Watching…
Same old inconvenient drivel
Al Gore’s new film, An Inconvenient Sequel – Truth to Power, opens in Australia on August 10. What a pity.…
Game of Greens
“Woeful news my lord Richard, of Ser Scott of the Greenwald, well, it turns out he’s not one of us,…
Protection? What a load of bollards
“Melbourne’s concrete bollards could slide 30 metres in a crash, warn experts.” I wasn’t in the least surprised when I…
Yassmin Abdel-Magied and Marx’s detritus
Yassmin Abdel-Magied recently published a piece in The Guardian Australia lambasting her critics as being merely ‘afraid of a young…
Flogging a dead horse republic
Surely the Australian Republican Movement and Labor realise that they’re flogging a horse that was pronounced dead almost 20 years ago by the…
The Clementine-shaped difference between “speaking out” and hate
The one-woman woe wagon has arrived to deliver a request on this fine Friday. Clementine Ford would like our sympathy in return for all the love, tenderness, respect and heartfelt compassion…
Blind to gender – and the facts
What more evidence do we need that ‘the patriarchy’ is a myth, than the recent findings of the government’s very…
Vaping, Big Public Health and the new McCarthyism
One of the more emotive arguments thrown up against e-cigarettes and vaping is that multinational tobacco companies, including Philip Morris…
Building Indigenous competitive advantage
The ABC’s recent Alice Springs Q&A highlighted many key features of the Indigenous disadvantage debate — both positive and negative. While issues…
Has Yassmin Abdel-Magied missed the hatred spewing from the Left?
Sometimes I wonder if the Left are actually living, breathing and experiencing the same planet. In today’s Guardian Australia, someone…
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