We are living through a golden age of misogyny
I hope I’ll be forgiven for not dropping my dog-eared copy of The Female Eunuch in sheer molten awe upon reading in…
Turkey’s earthquake and the growing anger towards Erdogan
Istanbul, Turkey It’s Monday morning and Sam is late to work. The cafe he owns in a quiet residential area…
How to defend free markets in the 21st century
It wasn’t Liz Truss’s failure to make big changes we should worry about. It was her inability to deliver even…
Biden: the merchant of hypocrisy
It seems to be a scientific law, like gravity, that whatever trespasses the US Democrats accuse the Republicans of, it…
Superwoke ChatGPT busted for bias
Hollywood has long speculated about the impact artificial intelligence (AI) will have on the future of human civilisation. Increasingly, scientists…
Politics deep in the thrall of climate change
The issue of Climate Change stormed across our TV screens at the recent federal election. Funded by a renewables investor,…
We need to talk about Madonna’s face
You’ll forgive Madonna for taking a few days to respond to the concern over her latest facelift. After all, the…
Napoleon III’s remains will not be returned to France
Do not take too seriously the demand of Roger Karoutchi, a Républicain who rejoices in the title of deputy speaker of…
Where is the moral outrage about Britain’s grooming gangs?
Tabloid journalism begins with W.T. Stead, who as editor of the Pall Mall Gazette in the 1880s brought news and scandal to…
Thousands may still be trapped under the rubble in Turkey
Five days after Monday’s massive earthquakes, the combined death toll in Turkey and Syria has passed 20,000. Local aid workers…
Did the Suffragettes really win women the vote?
I suppose most people regard the Suffragettes as the exemplary vindication of the right to carry out illegal direct action…
A modest proposal for the death penalty
Lee Anderson has changed my mind. I’ve always been an opponent of capital punishment but the Tory deputy chairman makes an irrefutable point: ‘Nobody has ever…
The vast scale of Beijing’s high-tech balloon programme
There will no doubt be some tense moments in the boardrooms of western technology companies over the coming days after…
The prostitutes of Davos
Once upon a time, Davos was a village in the Swiss Alps known for not much at all. Suddenly it…
Australia’s right to be intolerant of intolerance
Why is Australian democracy so overly, dangerously tolerant as to seem craven and weak, as it watches the ignorant aggro…
I’m offended: John Rich isn’t toning down dissent
Country music’s, John Rich has doubled down on dissent, criticising perpetual outrage in his latest ‘no’ to Woketopianism. Debuted on Twitter as…
Rise of the biosecurity state
The journey from liberal democracy to bureaucratic tyranny - and iatrocide?
Aussie life
The return of the Mardi Gras Parade to Oxford Street after a two-year absence will be welcomed by the majority…
Brown study
For the first time I can remember, I disagree with Greg Sheridan. He was writing in the Australian the other…
