Flat White
Deeply, profoundly superficial
Well, it’s going to be an irritating few months before the next NSW election. We had hints of it with…
Regulators, the royal commission and crony capitalism
The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation, and Finances Services Industry has uncovered some inexcusable behaviour. Charging client’s…
Banksy, Michael Spence and the shredding of 3000 years
“It appears we just got Banksy-ed.” So said Alex Branczik, the head of contemporary European art at the auction house…
Fire up your writing engine – and win five grand
Due to popular demand, the deadline has been extended to 5 January 2019
Two victims, or four? Why we need Zoe’s Law
I read with sadness the news reports about a tragic car accident that took place over the recent long weekend.…
An epistle from the Clementines
You can read the extract of Clem’s letter to her son in Fairfax Media here. But if it makes no…
Mt Panorama; pinnacle of patriots
In Australia, as in most other affluent western countries, nationalism is no longer fashionable. Quite the opposite actually – we’ve…
Hitler: “Trump is Hitler.”
No, this isn’t like The Sun, discovering via ouija board before the 1987 British general election that Joseph Stalin intended…
A new type of terror hits Israel
Kim Levengrond Yehezkel, 28, and Ziv Hajbi, 35, were shot dead by a Palestinian terrorist on this Sunday, October 7. Both…
The Opera House is not a billboard – for anyone or any cause
I have a reluctant confession to make. I sort of agree with Bill Shorten. Sort of. The Sydney Opera House…
Do we want a nation run like a union – or a booming business?
The CEO of USA Inc, Donald Trump, has concluded the win-win-win US-Mexico-Canada trade deal; total US unemployment has dropped to…
Are the ABC FactCheck scales of justice weighted?
Last week your ABC ran a fact-check on a statement by Senator Matt Canavan — well, it actually had a…
The private life of the Honey Badger
In a week where most of the Australian mainstream media have been focused on Nick (aka, ‘the-honey-badger’) Cummins’ antics in…
Caring, compassionate Clem
If you’re prone to nausea when listening to the dribble of hypocrites, may I suggest you take some Mylanta tablets…
The war on our soldiers
Winston Churchill and George Orwell have both been attributed with saying “People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only…
How do I tell my poor darling daughter about Brett Kavanaugh?
This morning over breakfast, my eight-year-old said to me: “How can we live in a world where survivors’ stories are…
The week in the world of misandry
A quick peek at what’s going on the flip side of feminism – where it’s all about women. A 39-year-old…
Let this rape survivor tell you: fake rape claims harm
A person doesn’t forget the date, year, time, place and environment in which they were raped and I should know.…
Marise and the Mad Mullahs
Marise Payne is the new Foreign Minister of Australia; she will be an even more pareve version of Julie Bishop.…
How Ford denied Kavanaugh a defence
It isn’t that Dr Catherine Blasey Ford’s testimony to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee alleging attempted rape by Judge…
How Fred Flintstone flattened the Iron Curtain
On September 30 1960, at 8:30 PM, ABC network aired the first episode of “The Flintstones”. The late broadcast hour…
Ten flaws with Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony
I once heard of a young woman who decided to become a Christian after reading a single verse from the…
Brett Kavanaugh has religious protections against lunatic left-wingers. We don’t
I am sure you all remember that old poem by the German Lutheran Pastor, Martin Niemöller. No? Then let me…
The ‘tampon tax’ is not sexist. Removing it is
The price of a name-brand pack of ladies’ sanitary pads with wings is around $5.00. A packet of name-brand extra-absorbent…
Does our “culture of whatever” mark a new dark age?
It’s almost an absurd question. Smartphones have put the world’s knowledge at our fingertips. Passenger jets fly us to the…
