What if America doesn’t want to ‘Build Back Better’?
We begin today with the reigning alpha of the self-celebrated political super-staffers. Enter Ron Klain, President Joe Biden’s chief of…
The age of entropy
Americans and other westerners have long been accustomed to thinking that history has a clear direction. Sometimes the direction is…
Why male feminists are deeply dodgy
Male feminists are suss. Always have been. Always will be. They spend their days defending girl-power and, in exchange, they…
America needs a 12-step program
When I got sober in October of 2013, my sponsor said many things I didn’t want to hear. One of…
ScoMo goes crazy on the green Kool-Aid
Forget the red cordial. The green is the really dangerous stuff — and Scott Morrison has a bellyful of it…
Victoria’s great Cnut
According to Henry of Huntingdon when Cnut the Great was King of England, Denmark and Norway he had his throne…
Education ministers must act on our woke national curriculum
In a matter of weeks, Australia’s nine education ministers will decide the fate of the revised national curriculum released earlier…
Conservatism as a philosophy of change
Conservatism is a philosophy of change. Not that this is well recognised by its chorus of hyperventilating critics, nor particularly…
Why the French establishment fears Eric Zemmour
Béziers It’s a book tour, mais pas comme des autres. Last night, Eric Zemmour, rising star of the French right…
Bullfighting and the fight for Spain’s future
Being sanctimonious about foreigners and their cruelty to animals has long been a British tradition. The taste for dog meat…
Stalking, harassment and abuse: the threats facing MPs and staff
Following the murder of Sir David Amess on Friday, there has been much discussion about the level of security for…
The never-ending terror of Islamism
It is no huge surprise Ali Harbi Ali, the man arrested on suspicion of the murder of David Amess, had…
Is the European centre collapsing?
There’s a growing tension in the European bloc between those unhappy with Brussels’s increasing interventionism and by those who feel the…
Why won’t the advocates tell us the cost of net-zero?
Nowhere in the world can wind and solar compete without subsidies which drive out more competitive supplies and eventually raise…
Rhodes, Columbus and the next heritage battle
On 12 October this year, Columbus Day, a statue of the Italian in Belgrave Square was vandalised by activists from…
Macron’s Brexit obsession leaves him blind to France’s real adversary
Emmanuel Macron’s Europe minister Clément Beaune is fast gaining a reputation for bashing all things British. ‘Stop telling us you do not need…
Lockdown might be loosening but who’s in charge?
In his two weeks or so in office New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet has done more to lift the…
The Premier pretends to say something and the people pretend to listen
Daniel Andrews has clearly never heard the dictum by psychologist and philosopher Ernst von Glasersfeld “you can’t not communicate.” Giving…
The name’s Steele, Chris Steele
Delicious. Christopher Steele, the single most discredited actor in the entire Trump Russia Collusion Hoax, is set to be interviewed…
What price the truth of the story of white settlement?
If truth were a commodity, you’d short sell it. Think the Coates enquiry into hotel quarantine, cheap renewables and so…
Is the Pope a Protestant?
When Pope Francis was asked last month how he was doing after surgery on his colon in July, he replied:…
We must do more to protect our MPs
Sir David Amess’s backstory tells you much about his commitment to constituency politics that led to his cruel murder yesterday.…
The BBC’s relationship with Stonewall is finally being scrutinised
I have often criticised BBC journalism on the issues of sex and gender because that journalism has often been quite…
British oddsmakers: Trump favorite to win in 2024
They say betting markets are more reliable indicators of election outcomes than the pundits and even the polls. But the…
Pete Buttigieg’s high class problems
It’s time for Pete Buttigieg to truck off down the road from the Department of Transportation — if, that is,…
