Andrew Russell

The Trump Effect on the Australian and Canadian elections

4 May 2025 1:07 pm

Revulsion at Trump almost certainly contributed to conservative defeats in two Anglosphere nations where Trump was simply not on the ballot

Lie down with dogs, get fleas

26 February 2025 11:20 am

The Free Democratic Party (FDP), the closest-to-my-views political party in Germany, has been wiped out and will not even be…

It’s time to kill Elmo

6 January 2025 2:30 am

Public broadcasting is an industry that has been rendered obsolete

Qantas’ woke capitalism is failing

5 September 2023 5:00 am

Qantas has been in the news – generally for bad reasons… Although the airline recently announced a massive fleet renewal…

The ‘Local Voice’ vs. the ‘Canberra Voice’

7 April 2023 5:00 am

The Liberal Party recently came out against Anthony Albanese’s proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament – under which an advisory body…

Social Justice or Social Darwinism?

4 April 2023 5:00 am

Ever since the days of Richard Hofstadter, one of the Left’s favorite accusations to hurl against its enemies has been…

The ugly side of activism

30 March 2023 7:00 am

J. Mitchell Sances’ recent article about ‘gay erasure’ on the political left says much about what advocacy organisations tend to become…