Ideas about nations matter – especially when those ideas shape the attitudes and actions of those in positions of authority.…

In early December, Sydneysiders and Australians in general will remember the second anniversary of the deadly Lindt chocolate café siege.…

A stopped clock is … well, you know the rest. And so it was with Buzzfeed yesterday when the Australian…

Milwaukee, Wisconsin is recovering from brutal rioting. The unrest grew out of protests over the death of Sylville K. Smith,…

When Malcolm Turnbull finished the election with all the grace of Shaunae Miller’s win in the women’s 400 metre final in…

Among the many losers of the 2016 election, big business is near the top of the list, which might teach…

Walking past the Newtown Anarchist’s Club/Bookstore, I noticed their shopfront window was smashed. “Fitting”, I thought, before walking on. But…

Yesterday, a group of yobbos known as the Party for Freedom staged a noisy anti-Islamic protest during the Sunday mass…

Catholicism can be ridiculously simple. Confess your sins in a spirit of true repentance and — te absolvo — you…

White people and white culture in the US is being analysed, dissected and problematized with the rise of Donald Trump…

I’ve been an avid fencer since prep school. Back then I wore the whole get-up – the jacket, the mask,…

Surely the federal government would have learned by now to avoid a knee jerk reaction the ABC hopes for whenever…

There’s no question that Census 2016 is an omnishambles of the first order that, as Simon Cowan succinctly sums up…

Scott Morrison is reportedly open to the idea of exemptions to his proposed $500,000 lifetime cap on after-tax superannuation contributions…

Having spent the past few days feverishly reassuring the public the census was going to go off without a hitch,…

According to a new study … It’s amazing just what one can conjure with those five short words. A little…

Michael Kirby’s anxiety to see same-sex marriage quickly legalised by parliament reveals a pessimistic view of democracy and the capacity…

Israel’s Shin Bet domestic security service claims that the major non-Governmental charity World Vision has funneled millions of dollars to…

One of the most intriguing aspects of Pauline Hanson’s astonishing return to Canberra is how she and her three One…

A simple lad from Nambour High can dream, can’t he? As my good friend George Bernard Shaw — I call…

What the hell is a ‘social licence’? Malcolm Turnbull has recently referred to the banks operating with a ‘substantial social…

The World Health Organisation and Unicef currently are pushing the breastfeeding barrow on Twitter.  As part of a WHO initiative…

The Roy Morgan newspaper readership figures for the 12 months up to June were released on Thursday. You wouldn’t have…

A Christian, a Muslim, an atheist and a Jedi walk into a bar. If it’s Tuesday, 9 August, they order…

The final Senate results are in and the Star Wars cantina of the last parliament will look monocultural compared to…