Flat White
Learning from the past
Beginning in 1914, the first world war closed our overseas markets and our significant imports were cut off. Disrupted shipping…
Nato membership for Ukraine: a path to peace or prolonged conflict?
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s recent comments suggesting that Nato protection for Ukrainian territories still under Kyiv’s control could end the ‘hot…
Dulce et Decorum est
It is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country. At least, that is the translation of the Latin epitaph…
The misinformation bill is dead, but equally oppressive laws coming
While the federal Misinformation and Disinformation Bill has been abandoned, planned new Victorian anti-hate speech laws will widen the net…
Will the misinformation zombie rise in ’25?
The stunning rebuke of the federal government’s proposed misinformation laws has seen freedom of speech live to fight another day.…
More university bureaucracy, more problems
The modern world has a bureaucracy problem. When confronted with an issue, the typical response from government is to create…
Dear Mr Dutton, we want something else (with love from Barcelona)
From Barcelona: It’s hard to escape Australian politics when I see examples of inaction all over the Iberian Peninsula. The…
Instead of democracy, we have autocracy
I am sad to tell you that last night we saw the decline of our democracy. The Senate passed 32…
Old Chisel, but no retro trip
My brother and I meet at Flinders Street Station and immediately notice we’re wearing identical clothing, as if it had…
A very very very bad government
According to Anthony Albanese, ‘We came to office of course in 2022 with a number of challenges.’ His problem is…
Protecting freedom is how we keep our children safe
Australia has dodged the censorial Misinformation and Disinformation Bill, and yet something much worse in on the way. Following a…
The MAD bill is dead! The war on freedom continues…
In a rare moment of Senate sanity, members yesterday voted down the government’s outrageous censorship bill. This particular battle has…
How the Online Safety Amendment (under 16) Bill erodes trust
The Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024 further erodes any remaining trust we have in the government…
Justice denied
I have recently completed a video interview with a former NSW police prosecutor who contacted me because he was concerned…
How the West discovered meditation
Western medicine changed its mind about meditation in 2007. Up until then, meditation was on the blacklist as one of…
Feral left goes Full Monty across the Anglosphere
The left in the Anglosphere, rather feral these days, has gone Full Monty. In the UK, Prime Minister Sir Keir…
The subconscious imprint of socialist language
The rising tide of word inflation has sparked recent debates surrounding politically correct language. The ‘anointed’ – mainstream media talking…
Therapy Tips for film stars and singers
What is it about movie celebrities (those who are highly skilled in pretending to be other people in pretend situations),…
The Bureau of Guessology
On the far south coast of New South Wales, the prevailing breeze is a nor’easter. Over the past few days,…
Madrid’s bullfighting triumphs over ‘eating ze bugs’
From Madrid: Madrid is better than Paris. That’s my advertising slogan for this great city. Instead of Midnight in Paris,…
The generation who want to shut you up
Last week I was invited to give a speech on the escalation of government censorship for Western Heritage Australia. We…
Labor’s 30 pieces of voting silver
The Jew with the bloodied torso was being brutalised, lashed, and abused. I was seated in row B of the…
Are female CEOs underpaid?
Workers should not be discriminated against on the basis of their gender. This is axiomatic and is enshrined in the…
The diminishing role of the parent
Why age limits on social media are not the solution
Prescription for pain, angst, and ‘silly old buggers’
Bob Hawke once infamously referred to a senior citizen as a ‘silly old bugger’ before he inevitably became one, but…
