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…

If, like me, you think free speech is the bottom line of a free society, and don’t care what is…

The unemployment figures came and went yesterday with just the usual passing mention. There is a real problem in Australia,…

There used to be a line in the Lord’s Prayer which went: “But lead us not into temptation; and deliver…

The American motto E pluribus unum (“Out of many, one”) expressed perfectly the founding intent to mould a land of…

‘Doing your own thing’ seemed like such a simple, straightforward idea. It captured the whole idea of freedom in a…

I don’t want to spend too much time on all these Newspolls that show that Shorten’s ALP is going to…

Have you ever wondered what ‘corporate values’ are? I must confess here that it is entirely possible that ‘values’ do…

Perhaps the government does have an eye on the women’s vote with its choice of Ita Buttrose as the new…

It was never going to be the case, even under the most perfect Marxist Communism, that the proletariat would rule…

With Scot Morrison on the way out, Bill Shorten on the way in, and the economy on the way down,…

While it is always interesting to be a fly on the wall, it is also interesting to try to understand…

Everyone must surely be aware that the Ramsay Centre has held discussions with a number of Australian universities as it…

Imagine for a moment that you have been given a special power. I don’t mean one of those super powers…

There are some things that it is difficult to face up to on your own. Boring Hollywood movies is one…

Here’s a statistic you wouldn’t read about – at least not in any medical association playbook. John Hopkins University in…

You get a glimpse of the real purpose of education when you look at the liberal arts curriculum offered here…

George Papadopoulos has gone to gaol, it seems, for lying to Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller. Scott Morrison is going into…

I have read that Pope Francis believes that climate change is such a big danger to the planet that it could turn…