China fails the virus test
Chinese leaders should apologise for the coronavirus
The truth is out there
We are all our own gatekeepers to the news
US notes
Fake news outs itself Credibility used to matter to the media, but in these days of fake news and media…
All the dumb things
‘Gee our schools are good!’ a friend once said. ‘By the time our kids are 12, they know everything!’ No…
The day the news died
Hollywood blockbusters are not normally the place one finds insight, but a new action thriller recently provided an unexpected reflection…
Not your grandfather’s nuclear power
When Chief Scientist Alan Finkel’s electricity market review passed through New York a couple of years ago, the team went…
A prayer for the West
Symbolism matters. It’s why the Muslim call to prayer rang out across New Zealand after the Christchurch massacre, and why…
Deep State steps out of the shadows
One of Sherlock Holmes’ enduring tropes is the dog that didn’t bark in the night, giving away the fact that…
Hat(e) crime
The Covington affair and the new dark age of Hate Media
Dispatches from the conservative frontline
In early 2017, as feminists in pink pussy hats marched in shocked outrage at the election of President Trump, a…
Pride stripped bare
Every now and again the clouds part, a shaft of light breaks through and something up ahead is illuminated. In…
Down the rabbit hole into Trump’s America
A curious discovery at this year’s Australian Open tennis showed how America’s President Trump trauma is filtering into the most…
Turkeys, Thanksgiving and fake news
A bolt of schadenfreude hit many US conservatives inside the beltway last weekend – amid equal horror on the Left…
A world without Christianity
Not all homosexuals are cowering in corners as they suffer the dreaded hate speech of the same-sex marriage debate; indeed,…
US talk circuit
Hating trump The talk circuit has started up again in Manhattan, and the good news is that, unusually, Australia featured…
High Noon USA
It’s going to be spectacular, it’s going to be ugly and it’s going to be war. The liberal elites in…
High Noon USA
It’s going to be spectacular, it’s going to be ugly and it’s going to be war. The liberal elites in…
New York notes
The great persuader The shock was total. Jaws had dropped, faces were stunned. ‘How could this be?’ was the thought…
