A return to winner-takes-all custody battles

10 February 2023 4:00 am

This week a television crew from the Japanese public broadcaster came to Sydney to interview family law specialist Justin Dowd,…

Congress’s Twitter hearings show Democrats are done with free speech

10 February 2023 3:16 am

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, free speech was primarily defended by civil libertarians and the…

Is Putin scared of Ukrainian bombs?

9 February 2023 9:41 pm

Putin’s war has finally made its way to the Russian home front. A leak from the Kremlin reveals that Russia’s regional governments are…

The problem with a gender-neutral God

9 February 2023 7:08 pm

The Church of England will soon launch a commission on the question of gendered language in relation to God. Is…

How America’s ‘big sort’ will upend politics

9 February 2023 2:09 pm

The world may not be turning upside down, but it’s certainly tilting. In the long shadow of the pandemic, with…

Breaking the silence: do vested interests stifle medical discussions?

9 February 2023 7:00 am

Previously we examined the story behind UK Cardiologist Dr Aseem Malhotra’s call to ‘stop the shots’. In this follow up piece…

Xi is not foolish enough to invade Taiwan (we hope)

9 February 2023 6:00 am

Let’s be realistic … if counterintuitive. Despite the many illustrious commentators and foreign affairs specialists warning and worrying in the…

The Prime Minister is right – and very wrong

9 February 2023 5:00 am

Recently, the Prime Minister of Australia has been heard regularly professing, ‘There is enough information about the Voice out there…

Carlos conquers Carrington

9 February 2023 4:00 am

Nobody living today can remember two significant events that occurred in September 1859. These events were separated by a 24-hour…

America’s woke assault on English

9 February 2023 2:35 am

Each time an American institution commits a new corruption of the English language in the name of ‘social justice,’ US wire services, assisted…

The God delusion: men seeking womb transplants

9 February 2023 2:25 am

Last week, I stumbled over the Daily Mail article titled: EXCLUSIVE: Womb transplants for TRANS women are ‘very likely in the near future’,…

Biden’s State of the Union went quiet on China

9 February 2023 2:21 am

Joe Biden’s meandering State of the Union left out a great many things, as his voice toggled between insincere whisper…

Boris cashes in with £2.5 million pay-day

9 February 2023 2:18 am

It seems the days of ex-prime ministers going quietly into the sunset of retirement are well and truly dead. By…

Why Ukraine needs British war planes

9 February 2023 1:17 am

‘We have freedom,’ said Zelensky in his address to Westminster Hall. ‘Give us wings to protect it!’ This sums up…

The EU is sleepwalking into a debt trap

9 February 2023 12:48 am

It’s been less than three years since the EU made the unprecedented decision to issue €750 billion of its own debt…

The charm of Volodymyr Zelensky

9 February 2023 12:22 am

Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is in Britain for a surprise visit. ‘Freedom will win – we know Russia will lose,’ he…

Will Zelensky secure fighter jets from the UK?

8 February 2023 11:07 pm

Volodymyr Zelensky has just addressed a packed Westminster Hall thanking Britons for their ‘grit and character’. Ukraine’s triumph would be…

Should ex-MPs get a medal for their service?

8 February 2023 10:27 pm

Should ex-MPs get a medal thanking them for their service? That’s the suggestion of the Commons Administration Committee, which has…

Time is running out for Turkey’s earthquake victims

8 February 2023 9:30 pm

The confirmed death toll from the two huge earthquakes which struck southern Turkey and northern Syria on Monday has now…

Joe Biden got the reception he deserved at his State of the Union speech

8 February 2023 6:18 pm

At first, it sounded like Joe Biden’s 2023 State of the Union address was going to be another snoozer. Out…

GOP congressman scoffs at complaints about ‘lack of decorum’

8 February 2023 5:05 pm

Newly elected GOP congressman Andy Ogles said that President Joe Biden shouldn’t have been surprised to receive jeers when he…

Ben Carson: Biden ‘demonized’ Republicans in his State of the Union

8 February 2023 4:51 pm

Dr. Ben Carson said that President Joe Biden attempted to “demonize” Republicans during his State of the Union address Tuesday night.…

Trump is wrong that the US should negotiate peace in Ukraine

8 February 2023 7:16 am

The GOP’s foreign policy doves and soft isolationists have grown stronger, with 40 percent of “Republican and Republican-leaning independents” saying…

Productivity: are Australians working too hard, or not hard enough?

8 February 2023 6:00 am

Productivity is defined as a measure of the efficiency of production of goods and services, in simple terms the number…

The vegans will starve: it’s a bug-eat-bug world out there

8 February 2023 5:30 am

Clicking on the link to a recent Reader’s Digest story about common foods that secretly contain insects was a mistake. I could…