Coronavirus: time for Plan D?
I think it’s time for plan D. Plan A, as I’m sure you remember, was to “flatten the curve”. For…
I joined the South Australian division of the Liberal Party…
Last week, I received a message from two friends on one day. They had tried to join the Liberal Party…
Dear ABC, how did this get broadcast
One of the best emails I get in my inbox (after Spectator’s Morning Shot, of course) is the Fourth Watch Newsletter…
A cause worth dying for – versus euthanasia
The government’s attitude to death is paradoxical. While imposing restrictive rules on the population last year to prevent us from…
Big Tech: private companies now wielding the coercive power of government like a one-party state
Anyone with siblings knows that trying to win an argument by yelling louder than your sister, or sticking fingers in…
The mounting problem of, er, multi-racial whiteness
How are we to reconcile the fact that white supremacists are increasingly ethnically diverse? This oxymoronic conundrum has recently been…
No, inequality is not discrimination
A problem misdiagnosed is a problem mistreated. Many people today assume without question that all inequality is the result of…
Among all this oddness, we’ve been given the gift of time. Let’s not waste it
I’m beginning to wonder: when I stagger back out into the sunlight in six months, blinking blearily against the glare, my beard-hair…
I can’t face the cesspool so will someone tell the Twitter loons: wise up – and chill out
As you can see from the above illustration, Scott Morison causes bushfires. So egregious is the culpability of our arsonist–in–chief…
You’re concerned about my right to know? Look who’s talking
Was it really just last month that the mainstream media teamed up to advocate their own freedoms, covering their newspaper…
The science is settled? I’m an engineer, and I’m not
Climate change, it seems, is a pill that has to be swallowed whole or not at all. Swallowing this pill…
Trump or The Squad: who’s doing harm?
The most insightful and quotable commentary I heard last week was made by Greg Gutfeld of Fox News. If you…
Are university officials keener censors than leftie students?
Dan’s the man! On Saturday, The Weekend Australian ran a number of articles about free speech and freedom of enquiry…
Do high rise apartment owners risk more than a price tumble?
You’ve probably forgotten Sydney’s Opal Tower by now, even though less than six months have passed since the residents of…
Uh-oh, Generation Z are voting
One of the many groups in whose hands the fate of our nation lies, is generation Z. Though it has…
Why the majority is ruining democracy
The majority are not always right. It’s obvious, really. The tautology that 50 per cent of people have below-average intelligence…
Christchurch: a time for tears
I attended the funeral service of a Christian minister last year. In the eulogy, his son told us how gentle…
The fall of the machines
About 30 years ago, General Motors experimented with fully automating a car factory. An immense design effort was implemented to…
Gender anarchy for Christmas?
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” This old maxim communicates a simple truth.…
The other right: what’s wrong with the Political Compass
There’s something wrong with the Political Compass. I was trying, earlier this year, to write an article about the fundamental…
Is a red wave coming in?
Is it too soon to say that in November, the Democrats will be lucky to see a blue ripple? For…
Are renewables more or less expensive? Er…
Is renewable electricity cheaper than coal? A recent article by Stephen Long for the ABC had the tag-line, “The tipping…
Leadership happens
I understand the frustration that many, many Australians feel over the leadership change that was implemented for the Liberal Party…
Is Alan Joyce reprogramming your mind?
When I’m flying on one of those so-last-century planes that doesn’t have a screen mounted in the seat in front…
Sustainability: it’s not climate science
For a couple of decades now, climate-change has been more than a scientific theory. It is a political battlefield. Each…
