Crypto: the opposite of a Kantian investment
‘Fashion is a form of ugliness so despicable it has to be changed every six months.’ – Oscar Wilde. Therein…
Joe Biden’s get-along-go-along
The late columnist Molly Ivins once quipped about the inhabitants of “the world’s greatest deliberative body” that “‘Get along, go…
The man taking on the anti-free-speech left
For the anti-free-speech left, the most dangerous man in America today is Greg Lukianoff. The president of the Foundation for…
Top Gun Maverick: Hollywood abandons ‘Woke’ and the CCP
You’ve heard the saying ‘Go woke, go broke’ due to various film and television instalments being rejected by audiences for…
We must educate ourselves on democracy
I’ve undergone a crash course in the Australian voting system. It’s complicated and opaque – but has the potential to…
Our kids deserve to be happy
Enough of terrifying our kids on a daily basis. Climate Change activists have a lot to answer for in terms…
Boris’s moment of maximum danger is yet to come
Much as Boris Johnson wants to ‘bash on’, deliver popular populist policies, and characterise Monday’s confidence vote as the catharsis…
Australians cling to Covid overreach
A widely circulated Nine News article last week announced that ‘a new study finds fewer than 1 in 10 people thought…
The EU’s phone charger rule will stifle innovation
Who could argue with the words of the EU’s internal market commissioner Thierry Breton when he says: ‘a common charger…
Shame on Cineworld for cancelling The Lady of Heaven
Bradford was chosen last week as the UK’s City of Culture for 2025. This week, Bradford Cineworld – as well as a…
Confirmed: Media Matters is a garbage place
Timothy Johnson, a “researcher” with Media Matters for America, announced Monday that he had left the organization after ten years…
The feminist case for Love Island
Love Island, which started again last night, flirts with virtue just a little more obviously each year. The show is racially…
How the Tories can avoid a repeat of their confidence vote conundrum
Boris Johnson insists that his victory in last night’s confidence vote means he will be able to ‘draw a line under…
Things are about to get even worse for Boris Johnson
A round of tax cuts? A splurge of infrastructure spending? Or perhaps a whizzy way of subsidising housing? Boris Johnson…
The game is up, Boris Johnson
The worst possible outcome for the Conservative and Unionist party is also a pretty lousy result for the country. That…
How Boris can cling on
What is happening in the UK right now is similar to the later Berlusconi years, the opera buffa phase of…
Labor begs for coal
No, you’re not imagining it. This week has been freezing cold. Either the federal election magically changed the climate overnight…
We all need a little ‘risk’ to survive
Is safety the best course of action? Our grandparents were willing to sacrifice their lives to preserve freedom for future…
Blaire White on ‘What is a Woman?’
Political commentator Matt Walsh’s long-awaited documentary What is a Woman? dropped this week and oh boy there are a lot of feathers detached and…
The Werther Effect
Perhaps the most significant landmark of my youth was learning of the unexplained death of Avicii, the stage name of…
Transgender Barbie
Transgender Barbie is now available for purchase. Toy giant Mattel announced last week that they ‘couldn’t be more excited’ about the doll which…
Can Boris bounce back?
How does Boris Johnson bounce back from 148 members of his own party expressing no confidence in him? The Prime…
Boris: It’s not over. Rebels: Yes, it is
Boris Johnson has just insisted that he has had ‘an extremely positive’ and ‘decisive result’ in the vote of confidence…
Boris’s narrow win is bad news for the Tories
Tonight’s confidence ballot has deepened the Tories’ problem. Yes, Boris Johnson won – but by nowhere near enough to resolve the…
Boris survives confidence vote – for now
Boris Johnson has won a confidence vote in his leadership – but nearly 150 Tory MPs voted against him in…
