End of the world? Call me sceptical
There are just not enough deaths to justify the draconian reaction to the coronavirus
Palaszczuk’s pork for public servants: sleaze supreme, even by Queensland standards
My sister is an economist for the Ontario government in Canada. She’s a public servant. Until last year the pay…
Australian notes
Everybody loves borders now What do Justin Trudeau, Jacinda Ardern, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the crazier fringe of the Greens party (here…
Three random thoughts: universities, free speech and coronavirus
We certainly have a problem in our universities and it’s not one that will be spotted by interviewing vice-chancellors. Last…
Can the Libs move just a smidgen to the right, please?
The Coalition’s appointments are woeful
The charge of the Recognition brigade
The Voice is toxic
High Court of Wokeness
How on earth did the Coalition allow this travesty to happen?
Go slow ScoMo
What has this government actually achieved?
We all need a Nigel or two
Australia’s lacklustre politicians could take a leaf from the hero of Brexit
Three and a half years is a long time in politics
Conservatism is looking pretty good
You say ‘diversity’. I hear quotas
Ever wonder where all this talk of ‘diversity’ started? Well, it actually dates back some four decades to a 1978…
Trump, impeachment and the media
Many of us living in the Westminster parliamentary part of the democratic world don’t have much grasp of what the…
Frydenberg’s fantasy federalism
Josh Frydenberg, the Treasurer of Australia and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party, last week wrote an opinion piece in…
Allan, James Allan
I have to confess that I’m a little bit insulted that no one in the totally impartial and apolitical Commonwealth…
North American notes
Al Jolson vs the vulgarian pugilist First to Canada. The election produced a minority government win for the incumbent Al…
Insiders won’t go down without a fight
The European Union has a habit of working with the establishment figures in countries to topple governments that…
Turmoil in the Anglosphere
Well, there’s certainly a fair bit of action coming out of Canada, Britain and the US these days. In my…
Intolerant notes
Forcing people to fake respect for your choices is dangerous Pretty much everyone these days sees himself or herself as…
Not the Right appointment
From President Eisenhower’s time in office to the end of President Obama’s, there were 27 vacancies on the Supreme Court…
Reasonable doubt about Pell
I want to remind readers of the Speccie of a key premise – really it is a trade-off that we…
Put a sock in it, Kel
My gosh these are delicate times Down Under. Not for Australians the vigorous thrust and parry of political debate with…
Canadian notes
I’m a virtue-signaller and I’m OK We have left Britain behind on this year-long sabbatical and are now in my…
Lefty lawyers, Part 2
Last week I noted that the lawyers of today, as a class, are a lot more left-leaning and politically correct…
Lawyers and law schools
Among a certain, shall we say more mature, segment of the population there is a lingering sense that lawyers as…
Cane toads squashed by the bedwetters
I finally sat down and had a look at the new Scott Morrison cabinet. Wow! If you imagine a spectrum…
