US strengthens women’s sport protections – Thorpe rallies against them
In a landmark ruling last week, a US federal court has rejected the Biden administration’s bid to redefine ‘sex’ to include ‘sexual…
Air-brushed Islam?
The Islamic Museum of Australia (IMA), lavishly funded by state and federal grants, presents an air-brushed fictional picture of Islam…
Why is Milo Yiannopoulos working for Kanye’s 2024 campaign?
Just eighteen days after Kanye West vowed that he was taking a thirty-day cleanse from talking, drinking alcohol, watching porn…
Big spenders: AEC reveals cashed-up Teals
The Australian Electoral Commission’s Transparency Register has revealed how much money the Teal Independents spent at the recent 2022 Federal…
Is providing air defence equipment enough to help Ukraine?
During his first visit to Kyiv last Saturday, Rishi Sunak pledged a new tranche of British military aid to Ukraine.…
The outrage fever over Critical Race Theory
On October 10 Mississippi Today ran an article that nicely captures how America’s debate over Critical Race Theory has been…
Why are MPs able to claim Christmas parties on expenses?
What was Ipsa thinking? That’s the question MPs are asking today after it emerged that the parliamentary spending regulator has…
Will the UK’s economy shrink next year?
The OECD has marked Britain down as the only G7 country (and the only major country bar Russia) expected to…
What is Keir Starmer’s plan for growth?
A few vague promises about upgrading skills. And something or other about promoting innovation and raising productivity. Sir Keir Starmer…
Has Keir Starmer found the sweet spot in British politics?
Are the final obstacles in the way of a comfortable Labour victory at the next election being swept away? The…
What trans activists can learn from Chelsea Manning
Chelsea Manning, who leaked hundreds of thousands of military and diplomatic records about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to…
Emmanuel Macron shies away from confronting the migrant crisis
On the Sunday that Britain honoured its war dead, France remembered its fallen from the terrible evening of 13 November,…
How did contemporary culture become so dismal?
Watching the Christmas John Lewis ad, over and over, I’m struck by how much British life has changed – and…
How Marks & Spencer spoiled Christmas
Working in a charity shop, where the Christmas cards go out in July, means I’m more aware than most how…
Rishi Sunak’s real Brexit problem
Are we heading for a return to Brexit wars? It’s been the theme of the week so far after the…
Should Australia freeze out foreign buyers?
Canada has banned foreign ownership of residential real estate for two years to ‘cool’ an overheated housing market. Official information…
(Don’t) vote like a woman
In Vote Like a Woman, a substack article posted prior to the American midterms, Naomi Wolf urged female voters to reward…
Kari Lake isn’t about to go away
Typically, when media outlets project election winners, the loser comes out soon afterward to officially concede the race. Yet when…
Meet the Navajo who wants Native Americans to vote Republican
How well Republicans fared this time around with Native American voters is hazy. Brookings reports that Native Americans “remained solidly Democratic in…
Local government or bureaucratic symbolism?
One of the great things about our federal system is that local governments ensure local issues are dealt with by…
(Still) forgetting Ken Elliott
And still, he remains forgotten. Dr Ken Elliott, a Perth missionary doctor held captive by ‘Emirate of the Sahara’, a…
After Biden beat Obama
Now that Donald Trump has declared his candidacy for the US presidency in the 2024 election, it is relevant to…
‘Let us save lives again’ say vaccine-free healthcare workers
Healthcare workers who were forced to leave their employment when they declined Covid vaccinations say it’s time to drop the…
In defence of the One Love armband
Wales’ football manager Rob Page was clear about why his team’s captain Gareth Bale would wear the ‘One Love’ armband…
Fifa 1 – England 0
England have backed down in the ludicrous standoff with Fifa over the plan for captain Harry Kane to wear a…
