Donald Trump tells Iran: Lay down your arms … or face certain death
Evolve: Advance’s masterclass in rebuilding hope
Much to the collective annoyance of left-wing media, Advance Australia hosted their excellent Evolve conference last Friday and Saturday. The…
Trumpian dreams
Half-a-dozen mainstream, left-wing publications have warned the Liberals about embracing Trumpian policies. You should always do the opposite of what…
Safe search off…
Sometimes I embrace delusions of owning a small apartment. As a single, young, working-class professional with no particular victim cards,…
The exorcism of Malcolm Turnbull
It’s been almost a decade since Malcolm Turnbull held power over the nation, yet his presence managed to haunt the…
When the progressive Marxist left cries…
There is a reliable tell in modern politics when the progressive Marxist left erupts in outrage at the use of…
Beyond the campaign
As South Australians approach the March 2026 state election, public debate is narrowing around leadership, polling momentum, and cost-of-living pressures.…
Is global warming real?
How sure can we be that global warming is an existential threat? During her 2019 address to the United Nations,…
The silent war in Africa
In 1885, General Charles Gordon stood in Khartoum facing an army led by a man who claimed divine authority. The…
Donald Trump tells Iran: Lay down your arms … or face certain death
A short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran. Our objective is to defend the…
Echoes of collapse: Iran’s path to failed statehood
More than a month after massive demonstrations against the regime in Iran and tens of thousands of deaths, the negotiations…
The new architecture of power
In the Middle East, no event happens in isolation. Political developments are closely connected, and each move by one country…
The oppression of feminism by the Australian government
By arguments presented in Australian Federal Court this week, it is my strong opinion that the Australian Human Rights Commission…
False economics of immigration
The immigration debate is heating up. There are plenty of people on both sides of the debate willing to tell…
Uniparty is out of touch with the realities of growing old
After leaving the Woke world of academia, I’ve been living in the real world again. It’s been great. Riding motorbikes…
ASPIRE: we need serious political change
Australia is facing big problems. Our birthrate of 1.48 means every year, fewer Australians are born. A nation that is…
Socialism: a very simple explanation
‘Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the…
Did Donald Trump conquer the world with witty insults? | Joel Gilbert S3 Ep 17
Did Donald Trump conquer the world with witty insults? I’m joined by Joel Gilbert to discuss the genius of humour…
Digital tyranny or ‘child safety’? 😵 & the bitcoin revolution | Efrat Fenigson S3 Ep 16
When Australia’s Under 16 social media ban started locking adult political writers out of #Substack – it was just the…
Can Angus Taylor save the Liberal Party from the rise of One Nation? | James Allan S3 Ep 15
Has the Liberal Party betrayed Australia’s commitment to #FreeSpeech and freedom of political communication? Can Angus Taylor unseat Sussan Ley…
The Jim & Katy Show
There used to be a show on the television called The Weakest Link. It was presented by a fierce, unpleasant…
Business/Robbery, etc
It’s not just about Darwin – but it does explain China’s bullying response to Australia’s bipartisan promises to win back…
Howard’s 30th anniversary
This week marks the thirtieth anniversary of the election of the Howard government. On 2 March 1996, John Howard led…
Is this really our worst government ever?
When Henry Kissinger asked Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai in 1972 what he thought of the French Revolution, Zhou reportedly paused…
Israel’s actual failing
I confess to being one of Australia’s most pro-Israel law professors. Actually, change that to I proudly confess to being…
The American project endures
Months ago, when I wrote that the ‘US Supreme Court Holds the Fort’ for all of us, I made the…
Albo brings back the dobbers
The Albanese government’s Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism (Criminal and Migration Laws) Bill 2026 was introduced in the immediate aftermath…
Return of the zombie guerilla writers
Like a zombie that refuses to die, a new ‘guerrilla’ writers’ festival has risen from the rubble of Adelaide Writers’…
Labour’s Gorton defeat shows that Keir Starmer is finished
In the end it wasn’t even close. The Greens won the Manchester Gorton and Denton by-election with some to spare,…
The Gail’s attacks are brainless – and terrifying
If anti-Israel agitators wish to avoid being described as terrorists, they might begin by ceasing to terrorise ordinary people. The…
Green by-election triumph is a sign of things to come
In the end, it was not even that close. The Green party has stormed to victory in Gorton and Denton,…
Lauren Boebert’s sneaky texts derail Hillary’s Epstein deposition
Hillary Clinton and her husband Bill austerely complied with a House Oversight Committee subpoena in order to explain their ties…
What they don’t tell you about Christmas in New Zealand
‘I still think New Zealand the most beautiful country I have ever seen,’ Agatha Christie marvelled in 1922. Evidently she’s…
What will Jacinda Ardern do next?
When I first met Jacinda Ardern in the early 2010s, the notion that the young MP with the toothy smile…
The de-Wokification of New Zealand’s education system
The conservative coalition government of New Zealand came to office promising to wind back an enormous, government-run system of ‘Woke’…
Jacinda, Jacinta
I’m not a big fan of self-serving autobiographies, particularly of recently departed political leaders. I had briefly considered dipping into…
The inconvenient truth about polar bears
A hoard of lost treasure
Ray Lawler’s Summer of the Seventeenth Doll is the most celebrated of all Australian plays; and this story of the…
Strange and familiar
One of the excitements of seeing Ngaire Dawn Fair in the full trilogy of The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll…
Dark and stormy
The opening gala of Melbourne Symphony Orchestra this year with the renowned pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet seems in every way congruent…
Camp indulgence
Music has the odd quality of being an abstract art as well as one that generates great gulfs and legions…
‘He never drew a peaceful breath’: the tormented life of Henry VII
Have we ever had a more successful yet somehow forgettable king than Henry VII? A century ago, the Dictionary of…
Nights at the Lutetia – the dark history of a luxury hotel
The saga of the rise and fall of the Third Reich could be traced by following events in any one…
The woke wars intensify
Nigel Biggar was not an obvious target for cancellation. A New Labourite, a Remainer and a public supporter of gay…
Learning from history requires sophistication and skill
If you reckon you have an understanding of international politics today, you probably haven’t been listening properly. Vladimir Putin, Xi…
The Venice Ghetto was a landmark in the history of Jewish persecution
The word ‘ghetto’ is said to derive from the Venetian dialect term for ‘foundry’: ghèto. In the early 16th century,…
From enfant terrible to dame: Tracey Emin in her own words
On the eve of a major retrospective at Tate Modern comes this portrait of Tracey Emin as a painter, told…
Streamlined chic or lacy froth: royal style wars of the 1930s
The semiotics of clothes, especially royal ones, can be fascinating, sending out powerful messages. Think of the jewel-studded, pearl-strewn portraits…
Women have never had it so good as now
Unfortunately, Zoe Strimpel has a great point in Good Slut. Why unfortunately? Because as much as I sympathise with her…