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Brown study
You may not realise it, but you are walking with history, for a Political Scandal of the Third Kind is…
Simon Collins
Some years ago, as a judge on one of adland’s more obscure international awards panels, I had to assess the…
Latham’s law
Every parent knows the problem. An errant child who is always telling lies, whether it’s ‘I didn’t take them’, ‘I…
Brown study
As language is a living thing, a mirror of current but ever-changing social mores, we have added two new definitions…
Latham’s law
The education system used to be so straightforward. But now, with the classics of Western civilisation being chucked into the…
Australian notes
Universities of the closed mind A series of leaked emails reveal the depths of prejudice and groupthink at Australia’s universities.…
Brown study
The monstrous rape and murder of Eurydice Dixon has cast a pall over Melbourne and it is only right and…
Latham’s law
At last, there’s a break in the weather. As identity politics has swept across Australia like a crackling thunderstorm, drenching…
Australian notes
Western Civ That the Australian National University has rejected funding to establish a Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation proves how…
Brown study
The Barbarians are at it again. If it is not statues they want to desecrate, it is the names of…
Simon Collins
Harry and Meghan’s big day was such a media roadblock in Australia that there were about fifteen hours when it…
Latham’s law
What was Paul Ramsay thinking? In dedicating part of his estate’s $3 billion endowment to course work at an Australian…
Brown study
It is hard to be original about the Joyce-Kardashian interview, but there are two points worth making. First, it was…
Australian notes
On Republicanism The spectacle of so many grisly celebrities clustered together at the royal wedding reminded me why I was…
Brown study
The latest exercise in selective outrage to descend on the country is the response to the news that Barnaby Joyce…
Latham’s Law
In the Middle Ages, society had a long list of taboo terms, usually associated with witchcraft. In today’s politics, the…
Brown study
Here at the United Nations Human Rights Council, we pride ourselves on getting the job done in double-quick time. But…
Simon Collins
Has Flipper finally flipped? After centuries of challenging dogs for the Mans’ Best Friend guernsey, an incident in New Zealand…
Brown study
What a refreshing change it is, after decades of the mumbo jumbo of compromise and indifference, to have a president…
Australian notes
Want to know how low the commitment to free speech has sunk these days? About a week ago the White…
Simon Collins
Even Australians who consider the Commonwealth Games a meaningless anachronism must have been pleased with our team’s performance last month.…
Brown study
You might remember that a year ago I criticised the decision of the Victorian government to settle a court action…
Brown study
One of the oddest under-classes of Melbourne society are the people who write letters to the Age. Not the main…
Australian notes
Bank robbery I am a reformed, recidivist bank robber. I did it the old-fashioned way; by storming into a bank…
Simon Collins
I wonder if Malcolm Turnbull has found time yet to see Armando Innuccio’s new film The Death of Stalin? I…
