While Australia’s constitution was finally approved — ratified — by the Australian colonial people in 1900, the process of choosing…

When Aristotle wrote his treatise on politics, he explained in some detail his most practical regime, the one that was…

Dear Prime Minister I trust you will not take offence at my presuming to give you advice, particularly since your…

Despite all the arguments made and support garnered for a constitutional amendment that would guarantee our freedom of speech and…

The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution contains the following words: Congress shall make…

According to the Nine Network and its tedious tabloids, Margaret Court is causing headlines again by demanding that she receive…

If there is one thing that I agree most whole-heartedly with, it is the need to let people speak their…

Religion is a serious business. It used to command our lives and our attention, albeit the latter only weekly. Still,…

If you have been following the ‘right to know’ discussion here and elsewhere, you will probably have purchased a newspaper…

Just two months, The Spectator published my explanation of the distinction between the right to know and the right to…

Brexit is an unholy mess for Boris but if he were to take advice from downstairs, or Down Under, he…

Well, Boris flopped. Last night, the House of Commons was manoeuvred by a Remainer MP to delay consideration of his…

Hypocrite: One who falsely professes to be virtuously or religiously inclined; one who pretends to be other and better than…

It’s always nice to know one has friends in high places. Speaking for the Australian government, our Ambassador to the…

There was an article in the American press a few days ago in which the author explained that unity is…

Ou es tu, Fredo? Wo bist du, Fredo?  Where are you hiding? Where does one hide the idiot brother of a…

The decision of the British Supreme Court regarding the Queen’s order to prorogue Parliament contains the following: The 17th century was a…

There is an interesting debate going on in the British courts which could have lasting ramifications for the practices of…

National Public Radio is the United States equivalent of the ABC, broadcast by the ABC every day of the week.…

As most Speccie readers would know, I stand unashamedly for free speech; even speech that might offend or insult. Speech…

I have pondered for some time why President Trump is so disliked by all the mainstream media. I am using…

There is something slavish in the legislative efforts of the Australian state governments to pander to the demands of selfish…

If you have been following the news cycle in the USA, you will be aware of the mass shootings that…

Almost forty years ago, in fact, during the time of the Hawke Labor government, Australia fell for a pea and…

If, like me, you believe in the fundamental right of free speech, you will also have concerns about how people…