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Everyone who has ever read or even started to read Plato’s Republic, the philosophical text by that dead white male…
Trump Derangement Syndrome and the end of the West
If we assume for the moment that the zenith of Western Civilisation since at least the fourth century BC has…
Immigration: practice please, not theory
When Steve Bannon, President Trump’s former strategist, described Australia on Your ABC as the “canary in the mineshaft”; that it…
Their ABC: a conservative – and male – free zone
When I was growing up, a popular folk song written and recorded by Pete Seeger lamented “Where have all the…
An obit for Malcolm, a prayer for ScoMo
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The real reason for the Fraser Anning anger
When Australia’s population was about to pass 25 million the Commonwealth announced that the person would most probably a migrant…
Multiculturalism isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
You are not alone if you are worried about our governments’ obsession with multiculturalism. Most people only know it as…
Time to put free speech in the Constitution
I want your help. I want your help to give we the people the most important power there is, one that…
Weekend reading, weekend thoughts
While The Weekend Australian has declined in size, it is still of a sufficient size to waste one’s entire weekend; unless…
John Winston and Winston’s Kiwi komedy kapers
The reaction of the New Zealand government to a speech given by our cricket-tragic ex-prime minister, John Howard to the…
Oh my darling Clementine!
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Downer, the Democrats and the Donald
It can be difficult for us Australians at this distance to understand the Democratic Party’s obsession with Donald Trump; especially…
Doing God
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Pro-choice or pro-privileged, middle-class, hysterical women?
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Judge Brett Kavanaugh v Your ABC
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Their ABC “the most trusted news source”? Here’s a theory
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The sprig of 4 July at the heart of our constitution
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The Ramsay soap opera continues
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Are we banning single-use condoms too?
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The concept of the university
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Another swamp that needs to be drained
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The Singapore spectacular
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What Tony Abbott really meant about western civilisation
Because we can criticise episodes of the abuse of power by Western nations or the descent to nonsense by those…
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