Yes, Bradley Cooper’s fake nose is anti-Semitic
Bradley Cooper is not anti-Semitic. If he was, he’d surely have let it slip by now; as Mel Gibson proved…
Why is the WHO promoting homeopathy?
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is meant to implore us to ignore hearsay and folklore, and to follow the scientific…
Can we have that $444 million back?
In 2018, the Coalition government gifted $444 million of other people’s money to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation. The money…
The death of democracy? Victoria’s hush-hush Indigenous agreements
Australians are being asked to open their hearts – to be generous – to vote ‘Yes’ to something greater than…
One man’s triumph over Malthusianism
Let’s gamble. I will bet you $1,000 that in 10 years’ time any five non replenishing commodities of your choosing…
Canberra isn’t listening to Indigenous voices on remote education
Hypocrisy within government undermines the credibility of policymakers, erodes public trust, wastes precious time, and squanders taxpayer funds. An example…
Humza Yousaf is becoming a master at alienating Scottish voters
At last, a target Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf should have no trouble meeting. Waiting lists? The attainment gap? Dualling the…
Even high oil revenues can’t fix Scotland’s deficit
It’s Scotland’s annual Gers shenanigans this week. If you don’t already know, Gers stands for ‘Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland’.…
How preserving old houses helps defeat wokeness
To thwart the woke objective, the non-woke need to muster every asset we can. If you’re planning to relocate to…
Oliver Anthony and the snobbery of American conservatives
If there is a right-wing cultural aesthetic in America, it is low-brow resentment. The old liberal-conservative tradition prized truth, beauty…
Graham Linehan and the Fringe’s new puritanism
Back in the 1980s and ‘90s, Moira Knox was one of the biggest names on the Edinburgh Fringe. She was…
Is Jordan Peterson’s book all it’s cracked up to be?
Jordan Peterson has never been shy about dispensing advice. But has the court of the Canadian philosopher king now overreached…
What does it take to get you cancelled at the Edinburgh Fringe?
So, let me get this right: at the Edinburgh Fringe, comedians who make jokes about killing and raping women are welcome, but…
Is Putin outsourcing his espionage to Bulgaria?
Bulgaria is a country that doesn’t often feature on Britain’s radar – beyond being a location for cheap package holidays and…
I’m afraid of higher wages
So, Britain has finally awarded itself the real-terms pay rise that the unions would say workers ‘deserve’. This morning’s inflation…
Is it really not safe to extradite someone to Japan?
In November 2015 three men entered a jewellery shop in Tokyo’s upmarket Omotesando district, beat and injured a security guard, smashed a…
Captain Tom’s daughter does it again
It’s an ITV drama just waiting to be filmed. The saga surrounding the family of the late Captain Sir Tom…
And the 2023 ‘Voice’ award goes to … the Scots
For sure, if there was an award for the nation that contributed the most to Australia, it would definitely go…
I can’t make up my mind about microdosing
I know that microdosing — the practice of taking a very small amount of a mood enhancing drug — has…
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Laws scrapped, but for how long?
The Western Australian Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act went into effect on July 1, 2023. On August 8, 39 days later, The…
Sometimes, only satire does the job
Oisín MacAmadáin’s Busting Anti-Vax Myths! Seriously EXPERT Arguments for the Covid-Deniers in Your Life is a slim, wickedly funny satire…
The Liberals and energy policy: only half-right
The Liberals are to be congratulated for opening-up the discussion of nuclear power as an option for Australia. Following encouraging…
The heart of the Voice is confusion
It takes a special kind of agility to shoot oneself in the foot while being hoisted by your own petard,…
Costs of leaky parliament double in ten years
Cast your minds back to the new millennium: Tony Blair was in power, Robbie Williams top of the chart. It…
Reintroducing wolves to Britain is pure insanity
Should we release packs of ravenous wolves into the English countryside? The answer is so obviously ‘of course not, are…
