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The end of medicine?
Freedom of speech for the medical profession is under threat in Australia
Diversity or hypocrisy?
‘Diversity’ is a kind of magical word that is summoned by the political class in place of an actual argument,…
The war on motherhood
Women have come a long way in the struggle for equality in society, but what started as a noble project…
The Festival of Dangerous Ideas
When I clicked on the program for the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, I expected the usual lineup of ideologically homogeneous…
Justice warriors in the dock
Kangaroo court committees face legal action over unfair treatment of accused male students.
Albanese copies Ardern, seeking to enshrine race in politics
At first, I was a surprised that it took our new Prime Minister little more than two months since his…
Canberra: where electricity is a luxury the poor can’t afford
‘Where do you go?’ They are all older women, retirees from the federal and territory public services, the ASO 5…
Race, sex, and rugby
Sport has been an unlikely ground for the games of race, sex, and power to play out, but last week…
Don’t blame the unvaccinated
Deborah Birx was the White House Covid response coordinator under President Donald Trump. Jeffrey Tucker recently wrote a brutal takedown of…
Andrews doesn’t know when to leave
Political aspirations can often be read by having a look at whose bust dominates a politician’s personal office space. Winston…
We will win China’s war
In his 1966 book Tragedy and Hope, Carroll Quigley noted that the Chinese communist regime in the 1950s was insanely aggressive.…
The author is (not) dead
As long as individuals interact with one another, someone is going to wind up offended from time to time. The…
The commercialisation of virtue creates division
Manly Sea Eagles coach Des Hasler said the club has taken ‘learnings’ from this week’s gay pride jersey debacle. But…
William Shatner: ‘Gene Roddenberry would hate Woke Star Trek’
The 91-years-young star of the original Star Trek series has criticised newer additions (see here, here, and here) to the Sci-Fi universe, declaring, Star Trek…
Wokus Pocus and the Culture War
‘As we fight to tackle the climate crisis and the inequality crisis, we should be campaigning side by side with…
Whatever happened to 1.5°C?
On the Kenny Report recently, fill-in host Chris Smith railed against the Greens’ demands that we ‘do much more to cut…
Energy policy: where parallel universes are set to collide
There are parallel universes in energy policy and they are about to collide. In one universe, the governments of Australia…
The politics of a cult
The Left’s entire political corpus is built on a fantasy
Biden’s humiliating Middle East excursion
Anyone anticipating significant progress or even directional clarity arising from the 13-16 July visit by US President Joe Biden and…
Forced public affirmation is not ‘inclusion’
‘It’ll be an inclusion game,’ they said. ‘It’ll celebrate diversity,’ they promised. And so it was. Except that the Manly…
Has the BBC’s diversity push led to racism?
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the public-funded national broadcaster of the UK, has been wandering into territory many wouldn’t hesitate…
Let the games (and the business) begin!
Today, over 5,000 competitors from nations as far afield as Malaysia to Jamaica converge on Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games.…
Australia: apathetic or activist?
A commonly-held view is that we are living through diabolically fractious times. Indeed, even a cursory reflection on the recent…
Can conservatives embrace the arts?
Conservative political thought’s fractured history and philosophical developments should make for compelling artworks and literature. However, the Right is often…
The tyranny of minority activism
Yesterday, federal parliament opened to the now-usual Welcome to Country by Aboriginal elders, followed by the chanting and dancing of…
