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My husband and I … are paying for the renos, thank you
You would have thought that with the egg on their faces over Brexit and the American election, the media would be…
The recasting of conservatism
Last month Paul Kelly wrote an interesting article about Britain’s future under its post-Brexit Prime Minister Theresa May, based on what he rightly called May’s “historic speech” to the then…
Wong’s fant-Asia
God only knows what Labor’s foreign affairs spokeswoman Senator Penny Wong actually meant by her recent remarks regarding Australia realigning itself with…
Fight like a termagant
From time to time, I open the pages of Fairfax’s Daily Life, just to check that Clementine Ford still isn’t…
Tough luck, lefties. It’s Trump train time
So, lefties. It happened. In the biggest “f-ck you” to the establishment since the Colonies broke away from the Crown,…
The Age. Again…
“Princess Mary, her husband Prince Frederik, Prince Harry and Justin Trudeau have all taken out the top honours in Vanity Fair’s fashion Oscars…
ISIS’ new ally: the media
BOSTON, UNITED STATES — Further to our point about the left-wing media provoking anti-conservative violence, The Daily Mail reports: A…
Now is not the time to abandon the alliance
The U.S. alliance has long been an article of faith for Australian politicians. Since World War II, governments on both…
Play to win
If there’s one lesson to take from Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election, it is that conservatives and libertarians…
How to lose friends and infuriate lefties
I have a confession to make. I like a bit of rough and tumble. On Facebook that is. I enjoy…
Trump? I feel fine
Despite being for “Team Hillary” since 2007, I’ve no problem with Donald Trump being elected president. I’m not an American…
Daniel Andrews’ war on religion falters
The Victorian Labor Government has run into heavy weather trying to convince the Legislative Council to pass its Religious Exceptions Bill. Most people…
Why President Trump means we can stop apologising
My colleagues at my day job are, for the most part, aware that I do a bit of writing on…
Trump and the media fail
As Rowan Atkinson playing the Devil said welcoming atheists to hell, “You must be feeling a right bunch of nitwits!”…
Has our right missed the story of the week?
All Trumped out? No excuse. The Australian right has not only failed to capitalise on the story of the week.…
Trump: it’s not just the economy, stupid
So, it’s happened. Donald Trump is not only now being referred to by a sneering press pack as the ‘President…
Death in Dili
This week marks several significant anniversaries in the life of our youngish nation. November 11 resonates because it was the…
The Age hits peak moron
Ok, I know I’ve already declared The Age dead. It is. Its former readers are just waiting for Fairfax CEO…
Donald Trump and the return of the Gipper
In 1984, the GOP experienced the single greatest presidential electoral result with 525 electoral votes and 49 states voting for…
Opera suggestions for Julian Burnside
Look what joys Classic FM, the dumbed-down ABC station for serious music fans yet to discover the far superior, subscriber-supported…
Euthanasia zealots never say die
Yet another euthanasia bill is about to be debated, this time in the South Australian Parliament. The Death with Dignity…
We already have our Trump
I enjoyed the sainted editor, Rowan Dean’s, rollicking Flat White account of his Trump, Trump, Trumpety-Trump election count party. Any…
A strange win for the common man
When I got home last night from an election celebration held by friends, and former political colleagues, in which I had to submit…
#TrumpsAussieMates
Appearing on Lateline the other night as the only Trump supporter the ABC producers could find willing to predict a…
Battling the pragmatic left: a five step guide
The Pragmatic Leftist is a dangerous beast. A rare phenomenon; this particular political animal differs from other leftists, who tend…
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