Solution to 2518: Make a run for it?
As suggested by 11A, other unclued lights were all anagrams of ducks: 12A drake; 16A teal; 28A redhead; 31A smew; …
The descent of Afghanistan
The bomb attacks at Kabul airport were what US and allied commanders overseeing the mass evacuation had most feared. In…
The problem with PC policing
Ah, the last days of summer. Long evenings, sunny weekends, and crusty Extinction Rebellion hippies blocking arterial traffic lanes to…
UK-New Zealand trade deal likely within weeks
September is shaping up to be a big month for Liz Truss and the Department for International Trade. While the minister…
Would Japan defend Taiwan from a Chinese attack?
In a parliamentary debate in early June about Covid, Japan’s prime minister Yoshihide Suga said that Australia, New Zealand and…
How will Europe respond to a wave of Afghan refugees?
On Tuesday, Franek Sterczewski made a break for the border. Wearing a long trench coat and carrying a blue plastic…
The Supreme Court’s shameful statement on Hong Kong
In a statement which will doubtless surprise the scores of lawyers, democratic politicians and human rights activists who are currently…
What’s woke this week?
Traditional circuses are out of favour in Wokeworld where three rings are clearly not enough for their intersectionality bazaar. It’s…
The cost of the terrible tragedy at Kabul airport
America’s frantic, confused exit from Afghanistan was a humiliating shambles even before today’s terrorist attack. Now, it is something much worse. It…
Seven times Joe Biden claimed ‘America is back’
It’s been a sobering two weeks for fans of America’s septuagenarian president. Even before he took office, Joe Biden was…
Exclusive: ‘The Taliban smelled weakness’, says Mike Pompeo
President Biden blames Donald Trump and his former secretary of state Mike Pompeo for the debacle of the Afghanistan withdrawal.…
America after Afghanistan
The 20th anniversary of 9/11 will come in a matter of days. It will be marked by the victory of…
If it’s up to the health experts, Covid restrictions will never end
If it’s up to our health experts – doctors, scientists and researchers, administrators and bureaucrats – we will never return…
Cowardly Lions: Labor lets through the Coalition’s shameful electoral laws
Today, Labor waved the Coalition’s cowardly electoral laws described in these pages 11 days ago designed to strangle smaller parties…
The All Blacks, the All Whites – and how the demand for racism far exceeds supply
The demand for racism far exceeds supply. How else to explain New Zealand Football’s sudden concern that the nickname of…
Why is the UN’s Human Rights Council ignoring the Taliban’s atrocities?
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) held its 31st special session this week to address the ‘serious human rights…
What will happen to those left in Kabul?
The Afghan evacuation is feared to be entering its final hours, and with it a new desperation is building among…
New polling shows Australians won’t accept lockdowns once we hit jab targets
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is finally taking a stand against premiers wanting to keep wielding the lockdown weapon against Covid-19…
Vaccine efficacy and the case for living with the virus
How fast does Covid vaccine protection wear off? New data from the Zoe Covid Study, published today, tries to quantify…
President Ice Cream’s Afghan meltdown
You have to hand it to the Taliban (or, if you are Joe Biden, the ‘Tally-bahn’): they are both a…
Kamala Havana?
It was supposed to be a welcome break from serving as the Biden administration’s stooge. Instead of being the mascot…
The long march to disaster
In the weeks after the 9/11 attacks, Americans came together in a spirit of grief, resolve and shared national pride.…
Police speak out on Covid regs: ‘The directions we are ordered to comply with are highly politicised’
Two weeks ago the Western Australian Police Commissioner, Chris Dawson, issued an edict. As of Monday, 9 August, any officer…
Bill Kristol and the political defector grift
Did you hear? Bill Kristol is turning his back on the Republican party! Yes, again. On Tuesday morning, the erstwhile Weekly Standard founder…
Why are we ruled by political party patsies – as well as unelected MPs?
Some time back I learned a valuable lesson. At one of our annual Summer Sounds Symposiums, bringing together individuals from…
