What is the point of teaching English?
Only in the world of English teaching could you leave an industry conference feeling more confused about the purpose of…
The Budget’s rivers of gold flow toward its pet political ambitions
Comedy writer Robert Orben is credited with saying, ‘If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.’ It is a phrase the…
Moral and political self-righteousness on steroids
I have a couple of Canadian friends from law school who went to the Bench in Canada. You know what…
Does Biden actually care about gay rights?
Joseph Robinette Biden, a practising Catholic, has travelled a long way when it comes to gay rights. In 1996, as Senator…
Can regulation stop artificial intelligence wiping out humanity?
The arrival of super intelligent artificial intelligence (AI) could wipe out humanity. That’s the fear of leading AI figures, who…
Dan Andrews is a [censored]
Long before the former Woke gods in Twitter management were pushed off their pedestals by Elon Musk, the general public…
Why Iran and the Taliban are clashing over water
Remarkable as it may sound, it looks as if a border skirmish this week between Iranian and Afghan border guards,…
What to do when you only have modest wine on hand for a decorous guest
So, I’ve have been rooting around in Horace’s Epistles, which are full of amusing things. They really are not “epistles” in…
Michael Cimino’s gift to cinema
In the spring of 1981, I committed what the entertainment press of that day regarded as an act of self-abuse:…
The university union may be beyond redemption
Life is not terribly good these days for most university teachers. Colleges, once centres of collegiate administration run on a…
Succession’s only real flaw
It’s strange to reach the end of something you’ve relished with a sense of relief. HBO’s Succession has given me…
Brexit could fix inflation
Has food price inflation finally peaked? Figures released by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) this morning reveal that food prices…
France’s failure to tackle migration is a warning to the Tories
Perhaps the most illuminating comment made by Nigel Farage during his discussion with Fraser Nelson on Spectator TV earlier this…
Moscow is now a target in Putin’s war
Russian drones attacked Kyiv last night, the 17th such assault this month. But this time there was a difference: just…
Czech Foreign Minister: Ukraine needs to ‘transform’ before it can join the EU
It doesn’t take long for visitors to Prague to figure out how the locals feel about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.…
I agree with Ray Dalio
Hedge fund billionaire, philanthropist, and virtual mentor to millions Ray Dalio thinks the world is going to end, and I’m…
Can the Heritage Foundation unite the right?
Last September I was sitting in the crowd at the annual National Conservatism Conference, lamenting the fact that my hotel…
Blink and you’ll miss this libertarian moment
Political years are the opposite of dog years: they pass by in a blaze, with entire epochs elapsing in the…
Bowen Basin geological dramas
Part 2 of the Bowen Basin Stories… Who says ‘geology is boring’? It is a story of floods and droughts,…
Leave sport alone!
Remember when we used to watch our favourite teams play because we loved the game? It was a great way…
The #Truth really is out there … ask your Year 8 teacher
We can all relax now. Channel Ten News ‘exclusively revealed’ this past week that soon every high school in Australia…
A parting salute to the swizzle stick
We live in the age of takeaway-everything, a phenomenon amplified since the late, great plague by another barbarism: the drive-thru.…
How to become a ‘salad freak’
Imagine a summer morning in Southern California. You rise with the sun in a palm-shaded bungalow and stroll to a…
What the rise of Vox means for Spain
Vox, the most right-wing of Spain’s mainstream political parties, has emerged considerably strengthened from Sunday’s local and regional elections. With…
Erdogan made himself indispensable – to Turkey and the West
Some Turks voted for the devil they knew. More voted for the hero they knew. Either way, Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s…
