Guest Notes
Political notes
Refusing to accept the vote One sign of the collapse of political order in a country is the refusal of…
Sports notes
James Allan’s notes last week about unenviable aspects of Australian tennis certainly struck a chord with me. When in Sydney,…
Sports notes
Tennis as progressive ideology As I have made clear once or twice already in the pages of this august magazine,…
Blasphemy notes
Affection for the Prophet more than for life itself The plight of the Pakistani Christian woman known as Asia Bibi…
Identity notes
Colourful opinions In the last edition of the Saturday Paper for 2018 there is an article by a self-styled ‘Person…
Brexit notes
Parris and the mob No doubt many readers viewed with incredulity Speccie columnist Matthew Parris’s nostalgia for the democratic process…
Conservative notes
Lefty Tory Brits Arriving in London for a posting at Australia House during the dying days of the Blair government,…
Submarine notes
The build-process for our new subs will be disastrous Of all of the possible solutions to Australia’s need for submarines,…
Wimmin’s notes
Men aren’t doing it by themselves, either The recent triumphalist article by Speccie writer Declan Mansfield, ‘Sisters aren’t doing it…
Presidential notes
Insiders and Outsiders Buckle up, US political junkies! We are now just moments away from the starting gun being fired…
Rainy day notes
As I write rain is absolutely bucketing down in the form of what is commonly known in the UK as…
Teaching notes
TEACHER’S VOW TO TURN KIDS OFF LIBS: so read the lesser front-page headline of the Australian on November 21. From…
Dis-con notes
Next please, PM Last week’s editorial, ‘In praise of the PM’, rightly gave Prime Minister Scott Morrison ‘full marks ……
Terrorism notes
PM’s plain speaking about motivations and excuses The Commonwealth criminal code defines ‘terrorist act’ as one intended to coerce or…
Conservative notes
Why don’t the Libs fight to win? Imagine that in getting your public affairs news you were restricted to the…
Remembrance notes
Exactly a year ago I was on my way home starting the final stage of recovery from prolonged surgery. Indeed…
Submarine notes
A working sub fleet and crew tomorrow, for 1/2 the price Now we have a new PM, he should look…
Learning notes
A week or so ago my wife thought she might be losing her mind when she heard the late Freddie…
Liberal notes
The future in doubt No election result is a certainty in advance but all the evidence suggests that the federal…
Writer’s notes
Travelling with The Gillian Like any writer waiting on the tarmac I was trying to think of ways to monetise…
Dis-con notes
The UN at work A recent Dis-Con Note, ‘ScoMo’s (recommended) manifesto’, mentioned two international meetings in December pursuing the United…
Kiwi notes
The adoration of Ms Ardern I am just back from a week in New Zealand where my family and I…
Dis-con notes
ScoMo’s (recommended) manifesto Everyone seeking, like myself, to avoid a Labor government must wish Prime Minister Morrison well. However, in…
Racism notes
Taking offence means we all walk on eggshells Recently, a controversial cartoon was drawn of a tennis champion which many…
Conservative notes
The Right is cleaving Take a look at right-of-centre political parties in the Anglosphere. In Canada things are bad, very…
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