Australia Day (dangerous) Melbourne Pride (safe)
Just three days after Daniel Andrews expressed doubts about whether it would be safe to hold an Australia Day Parade,…
The great White House replacement
I like it when I can endorse the other side. It makes me feel like I’m part of the big…
Is Biden giving Brittney Griner special treatment?
The rule is simple: abroad, Americans are subject to the host country’s laws and legal system, whether that be Great…
Mandating minimum apartment sizes a step backward?
There is an argument to be made that mandating the minimum size of apartments is a step backward in the…
Dutton goes nuclear
Peter Dutton’s election to Liberal Party leader has served as a belated victory for those who wanted to see Malcolm…
Losing trust in ‘the science’
I spent a decade living in New Zealand as a member of the NZ Skeptics. We would mock those who…
Labor-Greens marriage produces forty new bills!
There is an ominous buzz in the new Australian Parliament where Albo and the Greens are planning to pass 40…
The authoritarianism of British Transport Police
When our freedoms are being taken away we are like the proverbial frog boiled alive in water where the temperature…
Black Lives Matter’s $40,000 dog
Outspoken Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King has unleashed his Grassroots Law PAC campaign finance disbursements, and it appears he…
Will China hawks match words with deeds?
In the Tory leadership race both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have been keen to talk tough on China. Truss…
Kansas’s abortion vote could prove decisive for the US midterms
In 2020, 56.2 per cent of Kansas voters cast their ballot for Donald Trump – 15 percentage points in his…
Recession could push millions of Britons into poverty
As the Tory leadership contest rumbles on, questions are being fired at Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak about what they’ll…
The Netherlands is showing how not to tackle climate change
For weeks now, Dutch farmers have been protesting against the government’s plans on nitrogen emissions cuts, creating havoc in the…
Nancy Pelosi went rogue in Taiwan
Old leaders can be among the best. Just look at Konrad Adenauer, who became German chancellor when he was 73…
Has Sadiq Khan’s junk food ad ban really stopped London getting fatter?
London Mayor Sadiq Khan made a bold claim this week: ‘As a result of our junk food advertising ban on…
Will Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit trigger conflict with China?
The current visit by US Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan makes her the most senior US politician to travel to…
How LSD helped me find God
The first time I took LSD was alone on Christmas Day in a snowed-in Montana cabin. I watched my skin…
Australia cannot ignore the submarine wars
On my first trip to sea as a 16-year-old cadet, I was on the main deck observing the ship gracefully…
Pelosi: a caged canary lost in the Pacific
Last night, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was shipped into Taiwan like a little caged canary sent to assess the…
Al Gore compares ‘climate deniers’ to the Uvalde police
Ex US Vice-President Al Gore recently compared those who are not on board with his extreme and elitist idea of climate activism…
Truss extends poll lead over Sunak
It’s been a day of ups and down for both leadership campaigns. Liz Truss performed her first big u-turn of…
BBC still taking money from sanctioned Huawei
Things are tough these days at the BBC: stars are leaving, budgets are tight and the licence fee future looking…
Sturgeon isn’t an ‘attention seeker’
There is a lot of pearl-clutching over Liz Truss’s dismissive remarks about Nicola Sturgeon. Much of it involves conflating a…
Is war brewing between Serbia and Kosovo?
Serbia and Kosovo are close to conflict. Of all things, a dispute over car number plates is threatening the fragile…
