France’s ‘Freedom Convoy’ isn’t going away
On Sunday night, France’s ‘liberty convoy’ filled a supermarket carpark outside Lille, after leaving Paris. A video on the group’s…
The left’s Nicene Creed
I live in a blue city in a blue state, meaning I can’t so much as walk to the CVS…
Our fairdinkum crisis
The Long March has reached its destination. Our world is governed by mass hysteria and Australia’s a world leader. There’s…
Mask off, DC
The nation’s capital is finally dropping its vaccine and mask mandates…mostly. DC mayor Muriel Bowser reluctantly followed the science and…
ATT: Service NSW – you do not ‘own’ our children
Last weekend I received a notice from Service NSW, which commenced as follows: Hello – Being together in a classroom…
The destruction of Australia’s grasslands
It’s the season for green-money showers in Australia – the Coral Community just got one billion dollars of green bribes…
McGowan: living in a state of denial and disgust
The intrusion of a police officer for a mask inspection into St Bernadette’s Catholic Church in the Perth suburb of…
The Ukraine crisis has united the West
There has been a subtle change of tone from Joe Biden and Boris Johnson about the likelihood of a Russian…
We said nothing, and then they came for us
First they came for the freaks – Milo Yiannopoulos and Alex Jones – and we did nothing because, you know,…
Putin may yet resist a full-on invasion
The west is still in the dark on what Vladimir Putin will do next. The Russian military build-up on the…
What really happens if Russia invades Ukraine?
Russia will pay an enormous price if it invades Ukraine, whether it goes for the whole country or only the…
Are ethnic minorities still more likely to get Covid?
Is there a genetic element to the risk of being infected with Covid — and are some disadvantaged ethnic groups…
Spain’s shift towards the radical right
Yesterday’s snap election in Castile-León, one of the 17 regional autonomies into which Spain is divided, was another excellent day…
We could learn a thing or two from Swiss democracy
There was another referendum in Switzerland over the weekend. This one was about protecting the young from the evils of…
Is Orbán serious about leaving the EU?
First the UK decided to leave the EU. Then in Poland, lawmakers started talking about it. Is Hungary now seriously…
What’s worse: kicking a cat or racism?
The best football teams are adept at turning defence into attack. After a video of centre back Kurt Zouma practising…
Might Macron’s future rest with the England rugby team?
After two rounds of the Six Nations, France is the only unbeaten team. Their victory against Ireland in a ferocious…
The West is doing Putin’s work for him
Ukraine, as is periodically observed, means borderland. Geography will forever influence its destiny as an independent state. With tensions between…
Hanging up the MAGA hat
I’d like to state for the record that I’m officially sick of Donald Trump. Last Wednesday, Cory Lewandowski took to…
China and Russia’s hypocritical foreign policy
The Beijing Winter Olympics feature placative themes of international unity. ‘Together for a shared future!’ is President Xi’s chosen slogan…
The chilling effect of net zero dreams
The push towards a Net Zero climate policy for Australia jeopardises investment of $200 billion in coal, gas and oil…
Love is in the air?
The love between a man and a woman is one of life’s great consolations, and one of the universe’s great…
Welcome to a ‘Brave New Australia’
Aldous Huxley, in a 1946 preface to Brave New World (1932), wrote of a people of slaves who would love…
San Francisco is decaying
During the pandemic, a growing number of people in floridly psychotic states screamed obscenities at invisible enemies, or at my…
Will Trudeau’s clampdown on the Freedom Convoy backfire?
Canada has long been viewed as a peaceful, welcoming country. Like most western democracies, it has witnessed some difficult historical…
