Flat White
On sh-t art
We’re now well into the thirteenth hour, where basically all modern art is the epitome of what’s wrong with modern…
Big Brother is watching you (for training purposes)
As the dust settles after the momentous earthquakes of Trump and Brexit, one fact remains standing amongst the rubble: our…
Parliamentary travel for dummies
Much like 2016 to beloved celebrities, or quiet Friday night drinks to one’s brain cells, travel allowance can kill even…
Why we hate campaigning celebrities
Admit it. For just a fleeting moment you thought to yourself, ‘I hope Trump does go on a fascist rampage,…
Chrenkoff and the delcon ding-dong
One of my Facebook friends has re-published my piece on The Road to Ruin his wall, and boy, haven’t I…
The war on Christianity in the Arab world continues
As you celebrate with your loved ones the New Year, spare a thought for the Christians in the Middle East…
The Road to Ruin (traveled slowly)
At the beginning of last month, until I was rudely interrupted by a Jordanian hacker, I started writing thoughts on…
South Australia: two turning points for the economy
The Mike Rann Labor government was formed in South Australia in 2002 and thereafter enjoyed a decent decade. It then…
Nanny won’t trust us with cold and flu tablets?
The announcement by the Therapeutic Goods Administration that pharmaceutical products that contain codeine will no longer be available over the…
The success of soft multiculturalism
Australian politicians feel it necessary to keep reminding the public that their country is the most successful multicultural society in…
Israel is Jewish
At a time when Australian Christians have been celebrating Christmas and the New Year and Australian Jews marking the Festival…
2016 an annus horribilis? Grow up
We close 2016 with the knowledge that it will be remembered as one of the most momentous years in modern…
Is the defender of the faith quailing?
Firstly, let me say in response to that headline, I doubt it. The Queen has spoken frankly throughout her life…
Obama’s destruction of Israel
I remember a few months back Benjamin Netanyahu gave a striking order to his cabinet ministers: ‘First of all, the…
The you-beaut NDIS
Let me start this by saying that I have a disability parking sticker from the government in recognition of my…
The ADF’s drug trial outrage
The anti-malarial drug trial scandal that has embroiled the Australian Defence Force for the last two years simply won’t go…
Anti hate laws: an attack on free speech
Anti-hate laws across the world and in Australia are being used to restrict free speech. In Australia, LibertyWorks recently reported…
South Australia: why it’s in this state
The SA economy is stagnating or even declining. The Labor government has been in power since 2002, now led by…
Politics 2016: everything’s changed but Australia
BOSTON, UNITED STATES — Back in 2015, shortly after the coup that brought Malcolm Turnbull to power, I contributed to…
Nothing to do with Islam? Not again, Dopey Dan?
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews thinks that a man can say he’s a woman, and that makes it so. Recently, his…
Christmas in Assyria
Once Assyria stretched from Cyprus to Iran and from the Caucasus to Egypt. Successive invasions and massacres have diminished both…
Leadership crisis dogs RSL
We are the dead . . . Take up our quarrel with the foe To you from failing hands we…
Bernardi must s— or get off the pot
Last weekend I encountered Cory Bernardi at the Bolt Report Christmas party. He’s a nice bloke: affable, serious, patriotic: a…
The alt-right rumble: round three
In an article published here some weeks back, I criticised those self-described conservatives who drone on endlessly about the diabolical…
MYEFO: revenue raisers v expenditure cutters
The Commonwealth government’s mid-year budget update shows the deficit/debt problem is no closer to being resolved. In 2007-08 (the last…
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