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Misery pundits: why I don’t get modern queer politics
When I was 19, I headed up my University’s ‘Queer Collective’. It was a regional campus and not exactly a…
What sells better? Empowerment or victimhood?
What sells better? Empowerment or victimhood? That garbage pail known as the Melbourne Age couldn’t make up its mind, so…
Black, white, yellow and Red
Uh-oh! Red Symons has really put his foot in it, hasn’t he? Or has he? Maybe his behaviour while speaking…
Woolly thinking won’t help with education
Some weeks more than others, the woolly thinking that leads to poor policy is blindingly obvious. Education policy development is…
For God or country?
A few months ago I mused on this page whether the UK had shifted to the point where a faithful Christian could…
We need more than concrete barriers to protect us from terrorism
The general atmosphere of Melbourne has changed. Innocence has been lost. Citizens feel insecure. A cloud of doom and trepidation…
The hangover after the ball
It was Paul Keating who said that if you needed a friend in Canberra you should get a dog. Malcolm…
High tax: the pillar of what civilisation?
“Progressive” think tank Per Capita recently released the results of their annual tax survey. It turns out that 51.5 per…
Safe school days
Once upon a time, schools were for teaching things like reading, and writing, and arithmetic. Today, schools teach reading, writing,…
Goodbye to all that
The Age made a song and dance today about the departure of their political editor Michael Gordon. And rightly, too.…
Elder abuse: it’s real
Today, June 15, is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Timed to coincide with this international day, the Australian Law Reform…
Trumpism, post-Trump
BOSTON, UNITED STATES — Professor David Flint made a statement in the last print issue which I’d like to tease…
Manus: a ten point plan to recover our honour, our borders and our country
The Turnbull government has gone to water over the claim by about 1900 Manus Island detainees. It could have and…
No Hils, you’re no Wonder Woman
Hillary Clinton has learned nothing from losing the election. She’s still living life in one of two modes. She’s either…
Values matter in politics
One statistic is essential to understanding the shock British election result: the turnout by people aged 18 to 24. Since 1992 only…
Why just tinker with refugee rorts?
This week Canberra is buzzing. It’s the last sitting fortnight before the long winter break, the week when important bits…
St Pauls can do better…
I usually leave the sincere and polite explanations of why Daisy Cousens is confused to the wonderfully articulate Michael Davis.…
Somebody please show feminists the glass trapdoor
I’ve heard it all now. Literally, all. Moaning about the “glass ceiling” reached deafening dizzy heights after Clinton’s collapse. Today…
When racism’s not racism
Excuse me. I always though Wonder Woman came from the Amazon island of Themyscira. Apparently not. She’s Jewish. Israeli. And…
Australian values: are we all on the same page?
This week, the federal government will disclose its planned changes to Australian citizenship. The legislation being presented to parliament will…
Go home, Nanny, you’re drunk
Thomas Jefferson in 1776, said ‘We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that…
Emmanuel Macron, the new Barack Obama
Eleven years ago, the US media started to produce glowing, servile reports about the junior senator from Illinois named Barack…
Thirteen reasons Jeremy Corbyn is a scumbag and a moral midget
In little less than a year, Jeremy Corbyn went from a -40 per cent net favourability rating against Theresa May’s…
Saudi Arabia: people in glasshouses shouldn’t throw grenades
A coalition of Arab nations lead by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, have cut their ties with Qatar over the latter state’s…
The war on St Pauls is a war on the West
In a move that will surprise no one, the leftist media has once more targeted, cornered, and attacked an elite institution…
