It’s not game over yet for Kate Forbes
Kate Forbes’ campaign to succeed Nicola Sturgeon has been largely written off by political rivals and the media. Her Christian…
Putin’s fatal miscalculation over Ukraine
It is a full year since Vladimir Putin started his latest war against Ukraine, and only optimists expect that the…
Dear God, not this national divorce thing again
Marjorie Taylor Greene wants Americans to get a national divorce, and the only question is who gets custody of Puerto…
The anti-anti-racism movement?
It is something of a rare delight to write positively about race relations in recent years. As such, these stories…
Caught between three scams: ‘a delicate environmental conundrum’
The Sydney Morning Herald’s Mike Foley tells us that 20 per cent of development applications relating to proposals ‘threatening koala habitat’…
Science: prostituting itself for the luvvies
Hauling icebergs to Africa: could a bizarre plan to get drinking water actually work? It’s a headline so odd it…
Racist Labor?
Foreign Minister Penny Wong recently told an audience at King’s College in London that we should hear uncomfortable stories rather…
The lost generation: a global assault on children and young people
Last week, Australia’s children’s commissioner, Anne Hollonds, spoke passionately about the myriad impacts children and young people had endured due…
Why Kate Forbes is apologising
Somewhat inevitably, Kate Forbes has issued a lengthy apology for her rather forthright comments on moral issues in the early…
The Church of England’s gay marriage fudge pleases no one
Is the Church of England pro or anti gay? That was how much of the coverage framed the recent debate…
Is it right to criminalise verbal sexual harassment?
In febrile times, politicians tend to have a touching belief in their ability to pass laws and make men good.…
What Miriam Cates gets right – and wrong – about declining fertility
Fulfil your civic duty. Get married. Have children. That was the message from Miriam Cates, the increasingly prominent Conservative backbencher, to guests…
The chilling attack on a Northern Ireland police officer
An off-duty senior detective in Northern Ireland’s police service was ambushed last night by masked gunmen as he helped at…
Why we’ll miss ‘Motty’
There’s a sheepskin coat hanging just inside the Pearly Gates. Yes, John Motson has died. That appears to be the…
Can a football regulator save the beautiful game?
English football will soon have an independent regulator, with the power to block clubs from joining breakaway leagues and also…
Kate Forbes and the conundrum of marriage
The fuss over Kate Forbes’ opposition to gay marriage shows that the concept of marriage has become a serious muddle.…
Rishi risks another asylum outcry
With the likelihood of a deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol fading this week, a new issue has emerged to…
The DUP has a right to be difficult over the Northern Ireland Protocol
It’s easy to take an unsympathetic view of the Democratic Unionist Party. For many, its politicians are caricatures of the…
In defence of the Free Church of Scotland
Recent days have shown an upsurge of interest in a small Presbyterian church (the Free Church of Scotland, colloquially referred…
The Union has no substance
It’s always useful to be told what we’re allowed to think. The news from the Kate Forbes leadership campaign is…
America has too many state secrets
Last September, when 60 Minutes asked Joe Biden what he thought of the August raid at Mar-a-Lago where the FBI found…
Drinking with soldiers in Ukraine
Getting into Ukraine can be tricky, especially if you don’t speak Ukrainian or have a national television network paying your…
Can teaching be politically neutral?
Are people involved in a spiritual enterprise when they think, and therefore, when they teach? This might seem a far-fetched…
Fox News’s ‘silent ban’ on Donald Trump
It’s by now well-established that Fox News, the American media behemoth, is no longer on the Trump Train. Trumpworld’s union…
But, is it safe?
Older readers may remember a TV show on the ABC in the 1970s called The Inventors. It was a bit…
