Are you technically stupid? Check the Third Basic Law
Qualifying for the 3rd Basic Law of Human Stupidity is effortless for some, especially when they talk about the old…
Dutton sides with Dan Andrews in the Culture Wars
Liberal supporters disappointed that Scott Morrison wasn’t interested in fighting the Culture Wars will be dismayed to discover that Peter…
A history lesson for Donald Trump
I take a page from history. On Thursday, the Committee (you know which one) voted 9-0 to subpoena the former…
Climate criminals
If an ordinary person walks up to a priceless work of art in a gallery and either glues themselves to…
The plot to put Rishi Sunak in No. 10
When Rishi Sunak resigned over Boris Johnson’s leadership, he acknowledged that it might be the end of his political career.…
The misconception about Putin’s big red nuclear button
There is a common misconception that the leaders of nuclear states have a ‘red button’ that can unleash Armageddon. As…
What if Jeremy Hunt’s rebooted centrism doesn’t calm the markets?
He will control spending, reverse the few remaining tax cuts that are still in the works, and bring in every…
Jeremy Hunt thought he was being pranked
When Jeremy Hunt received a message early yesterday morning from a ‘Liz Truss’ wanting to talk to him, he assumed…
The Chancellor could take the tax burden even higher
This morning on the media round, Jeremy Hunt followed in the footsteps of Tory chancellors before him warning about the…
We’re in dark days for market liberalism
If there is anything that the swift overturning of Prime Minister Liz Truss’s purported free market revolution has taught us,…
Why Liz Truss failed
The markets did not crash yesterday, so there was not a Black Friday in the way some had envisaged. But…
Jeremy Hunt: there are ‘very difficult decisions’ ahead
Liz Truss made two big moves on Friday in a bid to calm the markets and save her premiership. The…
Why boys fall behind
What do you know about Finland? That it is the happiest nation on earth? Correct. That the school system is…
Emmanuel Macron is facing a perfect storm
Contrary to popular myth, on the English side of the Channel, at least, the French can queue. Across the country…
‘In Russia, there’s just emptiness’: An interview with a Putin draft dodger
Thousands of Russians are fleeing from Putin’s forced mobilisation. To escape from a call-up – and probable death sentence –…
The sorry state of Turkish football
Pity the fans of Trabzonspor, a football club from Turkey’s Black Sea region. In May, the team was crowned champions…
Why does the media never call world leaders ‘far left’?
Italy is about to have its first female leader and the American left is furious. Giorgia Meloni grew up in…
New Zealand’s pandemic science is cracking up
Government behaviour during Covid presented a chilling precedent for future pandemic event responses
Owning Science
‘We own The Science and we think that the world should know it.’ Those were the words of the UN…
Brown study
It’s that time of year again: the season of awards and honours. This year, there seem to be masses of…
Australian notes
Poisoning people to save the planet The blades from environmentally friendly subsidised bird- and bat-chomping inefficient wind turbines have a…
