My Sally Rooney conversion
I tried to dislike the writing of Sally Rooney. But I failed. I retain some resistance to Sally Rooney the…
The cruelty really is the point
Earlier this week, Politico ran a piece called “Inflation’s biting. Roe’s fraying. Dems are still trying to connect with voters.”…
The NSW Department of Education must be held accountable
Here I was thinking the Covid madness was finally over, but gosh I should have known better than to imagine bureaucrats would…
The strong stink of an election on the nose
The Liberals cannot be trusted to control Australia without adult supervision, but to replace them with an ALP/Green/ABC/Teal government would…
Will Australia vote for freedom?
Freedom marches popped up across Australia in capital cities ahead of next week’s federal election. The messages written on their…
How the Channel defined Britain’s destiny
Geography matters. Everyone knows that. It defines Britain’s current relationship with Europe and its battle over the Northern Ireland protocol…
Does Putin have blood cancer?
Suddenly, we are all diagnosticians. Clips of a puffy Putin slurring his words, his hands twitching or clutching a table…
The madness of El Salvador’s Bitcoin city
A golden city on the coast of the tropical Pacific. A metal walkway suspended above a verdant volcano. And a…
Pope Francis has betrayed Cardinal Zen
When Cardinal Joseph Zen, the 90-year-old former Bishop of Hong Kong, was arrested by Chinese authorities on Wednesday and charged…
Nuclear: a powerful future
As a Merchant Navy navigator, I knew the range and durability of my ship were intrinsically limited to the fuel…
The spirit of conservative vision
One of the principal election strategies employed by Scott Morrison is the argument that Anthony Albanese and the Labor Party…
Vote carefully, vote wisely
Next week Australians head to the polling booths to elect a new government or to return the old one. With…
Dis-Con notes
In the Australian recently ‘a senior Liberal front-bencher’ reportedly said that voters ‘want to return us to office, but they…
Atomic reading
So you think you know the story of Britain’s notorious atomic tests in Australia? In that respect, the name of…
Aussie life
Are conservative journalists more endangered than polar bears? Unlike the habitat of the world’s largest land carnivore, the landscape across…
(Pro-) Aussie life
‘We are not changing any of the settings and I don’t believe we need to change any of the settings’…
