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Hepatitis B shift should open a much bigger conversation
And why Australia has avoided it for too long
One Nation and the Coalition neck-and-neck
In the final weeks of Parliament, both Labor and the Coalition imagined they had One Nation by the balls with…
When lamb on the BBQ becomes a luxury
Every year, Australians are treated to the familiar spectacle of the Australian lamb ad. Tongue-in-cheek, self-aware, and unapologetically cheeky, it…
Listening too late
The announcement of a Royal Commission 25 days after Australia’s worst terrorist attack, and the largest loss of Jewish life…
Labor’s Royal Commissions are typically political theatre
They should fix problems, not fabricate scapegoats
Albanese fumbles the Royal Commission he fought hard to avoid
In his late Thursday afternoon Canberra media conference to announce a Royal Commission into the Bondi terror attack, the Prime…
Albanese folds, appoints Virginia Bell to lead Royal Commission
In a press conference this afternoon, Prime Minister Albanese announced a Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. He claimed…
A call that rose from the streets
For the first time, a public call was issued by Reza Shah II, a call that emerged directly from the…
The moral righteousness of Trump’s Venezuelan coup
Does a nation have rights? Must others respect its sovereignty? It depends. Since only individuals have rights, Ayn Rand (1905-1982)’s…
How does the Beijing-Moscow-Tehran Axis interpret Maduro’s ouster?
The January 3, 2026 extraction of Nicolás Maduro by US forces marks one of the most dramatic American interventions in…
Immortal Guard: Long live the Shah
The Achaemenid Immortals were the elite and permanent guard of the Achaemenid Empire a force that served both as the…
Political leaders plagued by internal failures
Over the last two years, leadership has been one of the most commonly used words in political discussions. Whether it’s…
Venezuela celebrates, Iran’s pillars crumble
Anyone with moral clarity knows leaders like Nicolás Maduro must be removed
Sam Groth: the latest casualty of a toxic party?
Are you okay, Victoria? Those of us watching the Liberal Party drama from slightly saner states glance at Victorian headlines…
International law and the attempt to cage the beast
This is not law. It is diplomacy with paperwork...
Operation Enduring Farage
Why an American liberation of Britain would be greeted with tea, scones, and bunting
The origin of Islamic militancy
What is it about Islam that motivates so many shocking attacks on Jews, Christians, and the Western world? Following the…
The gentleman chef Anton Mosimann’s delicious collection
Anton Mosimann unlocks his safe, delicately removing the oldest known cookbook, handwritten on velum in 1516 for the Vatican’s library.…
Venezuela is finally free
A crisis that began when I was still living in Latin America a quarter of a century ago has, at…
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