It’s time to kill the Online Safety Bill for good
The Online Safety Bill has been postponed. It should now be killed off for good. Not only is it bad…
Australian coal back in the Chinese market?
Coal is literally killing the planet. If we keep burning it, digging it up, and selling it, the sky is like totally going to…
What is Elon Musk up to now?
Did Elon Musk ever intend to buy Twitter, or was it all another piece of showboating from a man apparently…
The last cowboys
This Memorial Day I found myself at a grassy spot along La Prele Creek, resting my horse and having lunch…
Why are millennial politicians such sellouts?
In their 2004 chart-topping album American Idiot, Green Day sings that “another protester has crossed the line to find the…
Democrats are stuck with Biden
The New York Times and the Washington Post sent up flares last weekend: one way or another, they said, Joe…
Politicians ignore warnings from detransitioners
‘I do not have my breasts,’ said a former trans teenager, 17. They added the warning, ‘Do not transition.’ Anthony…
Freedom Flyers: the fight against vaccine mandates
Qantas has announced it will be dropping vaccine requirements for international travel starting July 19, (finally) bringing it in line with many…
Incoherence is destroying the Liberals
If you’re reading this, it’s highly likely you’re conservatively inclined. Indeed, skimming The Spectator Australia or spying the Sky After Dark set are…
No more mask mandates, please
New Zealand epidemiologist Michael Baker has just called for the government to reintroduce widespread mask mandates as Covid cases rise in an…
UK: the tide turns in favour of women
Things are looking up for women in the UK. In a landmark tribunal ruling last week, Maya Forstater won her…
Lauren Boebert’s awesome gun-themed restaurant has closed
Cockburn doesn’t leave the swampy bounds of the District too often, but he has now and then been tempted by…
Why the Tories are more diverse than Labour
‘The candidates fighting to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative party leader and Britain’s prime minister reflect the country’s rich diversity,’…
The Conservative party is in a terrible state
There was only one lesson to be drawn from last night’s Peston show: the Conservative party is in a right…
Theresa revels in Boris’s downfall
Of all those revelling in Boris Johnson’s downfall last week, few probably enjoyed it more than Theresa May. It would…
Boris’s attempt to become a second Churchill
On his way up the greasy pole Boris Johnson was keen to claim an affinity with Winston Churchill. Clearly, associating…
The triumph of Tory mediocrity
Every loser wins, once the dream begins. So sang the EastEnders actor Nick Berry in a godawful mid-1980s pop song…
Oxymoron of the day: the ‘Green’ defence
Every now and then I make a mistake and go and do something stupid, like read the policy detail of…
Europeans punished by expensive renewables backed by Russian gas
Europeans are now paying heavily for their shift in abandoning coal and nuclear and adopting renewable energy supported by Russian…
Where does the pro-life movement go from here?
Few releases have been better timed. “By the time this book is in your hands,” write authors Ryan T. Anderson…
It’s time for Donald Trump to go
As the war on normal escalates, and a silent majority nationwide grows weary of blue-state chaos, GOP opportunities in the…
Climate Science for Dummies – the TV show
Given the ever-escalating hysteria about this catastrophic, urgent, the-end-is-nigh ‘climate emergency’ that has been turbo-charged by world leaders who have…
Republic referendum a reckless economic waste
Since June 1, Matt Thistlethwaite has served as Assistant Minister for ‘the’ Republic. (What republic?) One month since his appointment,…
WATCH: Joe Biden’s Holocaust gaffe
Has the president been possessed by an alt-right troll? Nope, it’s just Joe being Joe. No sooner had Joe Biden…
The Voice: a hollow gesture?
Australia’s new Prime Minister is sending out what he believes is a clarion call to move on and support a…
