The Texas school shooting won’t change a thing
Joe Biden gave one of his more eloquent speeches yesterday in response to the mass shooting at an elementary school…
Oh Ricky… Now look what you’ve done
One of the greatest speeches of the 21st century was given, surprisingly, at the 2020 Golden Globe awards. It was as…
Liberal-Turnbull tryst ends in tears
As scribes and commentators across the country sit down to write their thoughts on the political events of Saturday past,…
What would Menzies do?
Now the federal election is over, the triennial festival of finger pointing and bloodletting of the losing party can commence.…
Economic policy is like commanding the sea
As the story goes, Xerxes of Persia, during the invasion of Greece that played setting to the famous last stand…
Beyond Roe v. Wade
As the frenzy in America escalates around the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that challenges Roe v. Wade, I was reminded…
Democracy: a game of Blind Man’s Buff
This week’s election results should be of little surprise to those who pay attention to trends. I am referring particularly…
America the busybody neighbor
Imagine a neighbor who is constantly in everyone’s business. Perhaps you have such a person, or persons, in your own…
Life in an age of hyperinflation
Istanbul, Turkey On Saturday mornings, Istanbul’s markets and greengrocers are packed with housewives in search of a bargain. Anxious women…
A short history of dogs in war
In his own inimitable way, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has unleashed his dogs of war on Vladimir Putin and once…
Are the Australian election results a bad sign for the Tories?
Scott Morrison’s Liberals were absolutely thrashed in the Australian elections this weekend. The party’s vote collapsed, and there were big-name…
Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard is a trial without a winner
War, partygate and inflation may dominate the headlines, but many Brits are fixated on something else: the defamation trial of…
PRGuy and the future of the free press
PRGuy – the political activist on Twitter that no one will miss – has decided to ‘take a break’ now…
This is worse than we thought
It’s much worse than we thought. The ALP will govern in its own right, but will be forced into extreme…
Jim Allan, you’re dreamin’
James Allan’s take on the worst night on the Liberal Party’s history is, by and large, right. The leafy suburbs…
Labor chased Menzies’ forgotten people – and won
Grief – that was my feeling on election night. It was not a new emotion. Grief has followed me these…
Australia is already at Net Zero
Australia has a landmass of 7,692,024 square kilometres with a sparse inland population, greenhouse gas-emitting livestock, and heavy industry. Combined…
De-Carbonising the Liberal Moderates
The process of counting the casualties from the weekend’s political massacre continues. That hasn’t slowed Labor down. The first official…
Did monkeypox leak from Wuhan?
It’s a familiar story. Close contacts of individuals infected by a dangerous illness are being asked by UK officials to…
Does Twitter believe in free speech?
Would Donald Trump still be president if Twitter and Facebook had not prevented people from sharing the now-infamous New York…
Macron’s Renaissance rocked by sex abuse claims
Emmanuel Macron recently changed the name of his party from En Marche to Renaissance but so far all that has…
Biden’s vow to defend Taiwan marks the end of Obama-era neutrality
Joe Biden will be flying back from his trip to Asia having made a big promise: that the US will…
Should a trans woman inherit a peerage over their older sister?
It’s House of Lords reform, Jim, but not as we know it. Matilda Simon has applied to contest the next…
Is Ukraine going to win?
The climactic battle for Ukraine is being fought in the east, on the dangerous, open terrain of the Donbas. Since…
How the West is helping Putin’s propagandists
One might not think that J. R. R. Tolkien has much to do with the bitter war in Ukraine, but…
