China’s pact with the Solomons is a direct threat to Australia
Tulagi, a 1.5 square mile island in the South Pacific’s Solomon Islands, is perhaps the most remote place on the…
‘Putin’s brain’: What Alexander Dugin reveals about Russia’s leader
Much has been made of what Putin has in common with Stalin. Both leaders brook no dissent: they subordinate truth…
The gloves are off for Macron and Le Pen
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen clash tomorrow evening in an eagerly anticipated live television debate. The president has been…
‘Experts’ get it wrong
Expertise in a topic requires applying common sense, reason, and logic to background knowledge. Knowledge can be learned. Common sense…
The walls close in on the Russiagate perpetrators
The latest filing by Special Counsel Robert Durham, investigating Russiagate and the Hillary Clinton campaign, suggests the rabbit hole goes…
Remember Afghanistan?
For Americans, neglecting Afghanistan has long been the norm. Almost from its inception, it was the forgotten war, fought “over…
Elon Musk and tweeting on a volcano
Of all the hilarious freakouts over Elon Musk’s bid to buy Twitter, my personal favorite comes from journalism professor and…
All the wrong reasons for a federal integrity commission
Criticism of the Morrison government for not introducing a national anti-corruption Commission is not about Morrison refusing to have a…
Whither the real conservatives on May 21?
Taking to the skies seems rather popular on May 21. On that day in 1927, the American aviator Charles Lindbergh…
Shanghai screaming: China has gone Covid-crazy
In Shanghai, the night air is full of screams. Locked in skyscrapers since March by Covid health orders, residents have taken…
Conservatives need to forget about Hungary
In his novel The Prime Minister, the fifth in the Palliser series, Anthony Trollope has Plantagenet Palliser, the Duke of Omnium,…
Prince Harry’s stolen future
It had been, for a change, a good few days for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Not only have…
Do we really need a GCSE focused on saving the planet?
We have yet to see the first sample papers for the new GCSE in natural history to be announced by…
In search of a Biden doctrine
Considering how likely we all are to be blown to pieces by it within the next five years, the atomic…
New World Disorder
The chaos abroad that has marked Joe Biden’s presidency is accelerating. Russia’s bloody war on Ukraine is rolling from winter…
What Ukraine means for Asia
If Asia has entered the debate over the war in Ukraine, it is primarily through questions over the role China…
How to avoid World War Three
The Russian assault on Ukraine has awakened the West to the fact that we may be back in a Cold…
It sucks to be a Christian who doesn’t believe
Easter Sunday. I went to church for the first time in ages. The little parish church has stood for 900…
The death of tanks is greatly exaggerated
Is the tank still the ‘king of the battlefield’? The sight of burnt out Russian vehicles littering the highways outside of Kyiv…
Climate cowards and apocalypse peddlers
Have you ever questioned the links between bushfires and atmospheric CO2? Discussions about the changing climate and the level of…
Flawed fuel taxes cost us a fortune
The federal government’s halving of fuel taxes seems like a great win for struggling Aussies, but it may actually turn out to…
Money well spent? Australia’s aid in the Solomons
The Solomon Islands’ deepening involvement with China has focused attention on the Pacific and Australia’s role in the area. In…
Kneeling to the rainbow
Scott Morrison put his head above the parapet for girls, women, and children in week one of the election campaign,…
Justin Welby is wrong about Rwanda
The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Easter sermon was quite something; forcefully delivered, arrestingly put. At the heart of it was his…
When cities accommodate lawlessness
A shoot-out in downtown Sacramento, California, at two in the morning on Sunday, April 3 left six people dead and…
