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We are all a black-box pool to the government
In the world of Business Analysis there is a discipline called Process Modelling. Its output would be familiar to most…
‘No compromise!’ Marxist solidarity in 2023
This is a follow-up article to my Spectator Australia report last week on Marxism Conference 2023, the Australian Marxists’ three-day Easter shindig at…
The April Fools’ Day joke that wasn’t a joke
In what some experts are calling ‘the lowest point in the history of the United Nations’, the Russian Federation assumed the…
Men’s spaces were colonised by feminists first
There has been a good deal of talk lately about women’s spaces being invaded by biologically male persons identifying as…
Bud Light backs down (almost): are brands learning their lesson?
(Formerly?) popular beer brand Bud Light has suffered a major thrashing in the public forum since engaging trans social media…
Another anti-Woke film races ahead in the box office
Like kicking water up a hill or punching smoke, writing about the culture wars is often tedious and tiring. But…
Saving South Africa – and the West – from the CRT boomerang
South Africa looms large in the Western imagination. Not only as a country of strategic importance due to the commodities…
A voice of emotion, not reason – of judgment, not mercy
We humans have always been emotional. It is part of who we are as self-conscious beings. But the use of…
Alan Jones: Reflections on Easter
Easter has come and gone, but the need for reflection will never pass. In an increasingly materialistic world, it does…
Should we re-brand conservatism to ‘Freedom of Enterprise’?
It is both the name and the delivery of ‘Conservative Politics’ that is losing the votes and voters. As I…
The Voice: do not, under any circumstances, explain anything
The marketing strategy for The Voice to Parliament ‘Yes’ campaign can be written in one sentence: do not, under any…
Are mobile phones our salvation or damnation?
The insidious spread of misinformation has revealed the dark side of communication; our increasing addiction to our devices puts us…
We are all Indigenous somewhere
The Voice is an anathema to a nation that believes in equality – a nation that does not look to…
Elon Musk vs The BBC
James Clayton’s recent interview of Elon Musk is a peek behind the media curtain. And it makes for a gasp-out-loud,…
Alan Jones: Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto should be sacked and this is why
Let me be blunt. The Victorian Liberal Party leader, John Pesutto, should be sacked. The following story proves it. With…
The merchants of gender activism
Nietzsche wrote in his notebooks, reflecting on the decay of civilisation that his acute senses have registered, that, ‘We are…
South Africa: the forgotten nation
Vladimir Putin’s ongoing brutal war against Ukraine. The Chinese Communist Party’s continued aggression in our region. An upsurge in violence…
The religion of gender
I don’t know about you, but the days following the Let Women Speak riot in Auckland have changed my life.…
Flat broke: Dan Andrews has run out of other ‘other’ people’s money
Everybody knows that Labor governments are rubbish with money. They sit around for years, spearing holes in the bottom of…
Australia’s ‘green energy’ chimera
The government has asked the Joint Committee on Trade and Investment Growth to inquire into ‘Australia’s transition to a green…
Staying the Liberal course: with wall-to-wall red, blue politics is on the ropes
It’s not difficult to determine that the Liberal Party appears in trouble. With wall-to-wall red states minus Tasmania, a popular…
Dutton’s first victory: Julian Leeser moves to the backbench
The Liberal Party’s Shadow Indigenous Australians spokesman and Attorney-General Julian Leeser has defied Dutton’s leadership decision to support the ‘No’…
The People vs. Big Australia: Albo’s housing crisis
Do you recall Labor’s announcement during the 2022 election that it was going to increase immigration to record high levels?…
Restoring trust in public health
‘Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.’ –…
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