Health fascism has become a Hollywood dystopian sci-fi
Some of you might recall the 2013 film Elysium starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster. It is about a ravaged…
I thought the left supported freedom
Not too long ago the left was all about freedom, individual choice, resistance to authority and the State, and full-on…
They don’t have safe spaces in North Korea
If you still have a copy of the important 1976 volume by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, A Warning to the West, it will be worth…
The looming medical apartheid
As is well known, the Afrikaans word apartheid means “apartness”. In South Africa, this involved keeping blacks and whites apart. We have moved on from…
The woke comes preassembled at IKEA
For those of us who are still sane, we fully expect the lunar left to doggedly push ever more insanity…
The real challenge for the real right
Many of us have watched with fascination and horror what has been unfolding in the American capital over the past…
2020: Orwell or Huxley?
One need not be a Hebrew prophet of old to be able to discern the times and give more or…
The great Great Reset and technocrat tyranny
It really would be nice if the Great Reset was just another conspiracy theory. Sadly it is not, however, and…
Was Judas the world’s first socialist?
While readers of The Spectator Australia may not usually find themselves immersed in discussions of the Bible and theology, they would routinely have waded into important contributions here on…
Budget 2020: Josh, re-read Reagan
In 1987 a very important volume appeared by economic historian Roberts Higgs entitled Crisis and Leviathan. Although packed with a…
Has Daniel Andrews embraced the divine right of kings?
Back in 44 B.C Julius Caesar declared himself dictator perpetuo, dictator for life. On Monday, Victorian Premier Dan Andrews did much…
Mr Andrews, tear down this wall
A few things immediately sprang to my mind this morning as I awoke to my city surrounded by rings of…
Defund the police? Whatever could go wrong?
“Off the pigs!” OK, I confess: back in my wild youth, this was an oft-heard phrase rolling off my lips.…
Liberty is too important for bureaucratic bungling
Over the course of just a few days we have had all sorts of conflicting messages concerning the plan to…
Stop this pig-headed pandemic management
If this latest case of over-the-top moonbattery from Danandrewstan does not alarm you, I am not sure what will: A 17-year-old learner…
Remember: big government loves a big crisis
On Sunday Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a set of stringent measures to keep coronavirus in check, including travel restrictions,…
Let’s save the planet by eliminating everyone
We have come to the place where our supposed love for the planet means that we must now hate people.…
And the Oscar for the most fatuous virtue signalling goes to…
Sometimes all you can do is let them speak — and say nothing in reply. Just one of the memorable…
The American left’s fill-tilt lunacy
The phrase “Liberalism is a mental disorder” can be dismissed as simply a conservative smear. But as the current election…
Gender-neutral toilets don’t help our kids, but threaten them
Here is a truth you can bank on: the sexual revolutionaries never eat nor sleep, but are ever on the…
An American explains Thanksgiving: it’s a lesson in economics
As an American living in Australia, it can be hard going at times – especially now. No sumptuous turkey dinner…
Socialism: the inconvenient truth
For as long as socialism has been around, there have been critics of it. And rightly so. As Ronald Reagan…
It’s now law: Danandrewstan has more (gender) varieties than Heinz
Remember when you were young and driving around the country on lengthy trips? Often you would alleviate the boredom by…
Woodstock and the rise and fall of the Age of Aquarius
Some of the more elderly amongst us will know that exactly 50 years ago we had an event that defined…
The Democrats have become the party of Froot Loops
Honest question: just how much is Trump paying the contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination? One is hard-pressed to come…
