The Council of Europe was right to pull its hijab campaign
This week, the Council of Europe was forced to pull an advertising campaign promoting the hijab following a backlash from…
Why is Mermaids promoting breast binding at events for young people?
Mermaids is arguably the most influential charity focusing on transgender rights in the UK. It claims to have been supporting…
China’s great log forward
Every year, China plants trees over an area the size of Ireland. The country may be the biggest polluter on…
The green case for Bitcoin
Of all the arguments against Bitcoin, one of the most popular these days is that it is bad for the…
Is Eric Zemmour running or not?
Eric Zemmour, the right-wing journalist and self-declared populist, is at a crossroads. Will he or won’t he declare himself a…
Let’s hear it for Winsome Sears
Of all the improbable outcomes in this week’s elections, a couple struck me as worthy of a Hollywood movie script.…
Three comments on the United States
How many readers realise that of all 50 US States it is Florida that, as I write this, has the lowest rate…
Manchin and Sinema: Cassandras of the Senate
Tuesday was a very bad night for the Democratic Party. They lost the Virginia governorship and House of Delegates, almost lost the New Jersey governorship, and lost several…
Maryland gubernatorial candidates push child vax mandates
There were plenty of lessons for Democrats to learn from the shock victory of Republican Glenn Youngkin in Tuesday night’s…
I’m a racist, you’re a racist, we are racists all
What news network did you watch on election night? Thankfully we all had plenty of options. There was CNN, where…
What’s new about politicians calling their opponents liars?
From Glasgow to Ultimo there is a most convenient confluence of resentment, even hatred. Feeling the heat at home and…
COP’s awkward reliance on coal
It’s day four of COP26 and while the big names have already departed, the speeches carry on. This morning some…
Peng Shuai and the limits of China’s #MeToo movement
China’s #MeToo movement has taken a step closer to the centre of power in Beijing, after sexual abuse allegations by…
The perverse fantasies of Extinction Rebellion’s founder
If we don’t cut carbon emissions, your mother will be raped. This is the deranged prediction of Roger Hallam, the…
The Bank of England’s inflation rate stunt
He isn’t Canadian. He doesn’t dominate the Davos circuit with platitudes about climate change. And he isn’t constantly warning that…
So long and thanks for all the krill
China is an eco-serial killer. When it’s not poisoning, re-landscaping or using Asia’s waterways to blackmail its neighbours, the Communist…
Owen Paterson quits the Commons – what next?
Owen Paterson has resigned as an MP. In a dramatic turn of events, Paterson has in the past 24 hours…
Je suis ScoMo
Je suis ScoMo. Friends, Australians, countrymen, lend me your ears. I come not to bury the Prime Minister. This time. …
New Jersey’s nothingburger governor underperforms
By removing Donald Trump from social media and New York governor Andrew Cuomo from office, progressives unwittingly gave an opening…
How Canberra can stop Victoria becoming Dictator Dan’s Dystopia
Imagine a place where all power lies with one man. He gets to dictate the rules by decree. He can…
I’m with Durr: trucker who spent $153 on campaign could be new NJ Senate president
Think of a newcomer who delivered a shock upset against an establishment insider and triggered a political earthquake. No, not…
Don’t forget Labor’s still loathsome
Prussian soldier strategist Carl von Clausewitz is best remembered for his statement, “War is the continuation of political intercourse with…
Yes, Virginia, there is a culture war
Voters in the Commonwealth of Virginia just delivered a message that will radiate hope to Christians and conservatives in the Commonwealth of Australia. Parents’ concerns…
Glasgow and the greenhouse gap
As we watch the bureaucratic minions and the behemothic motorcades circulating in Glasgow, the ‘Greenhouse Gap’ appears to be growing. On one side of…
Where is the climate plan B?
The COP26 summit is unlikely to be an outright flop. There has been no shortage of drama, with speakersseeming to…
