Why Trump haters have set their sights on J.D. Vance
The progressive left has a bullseye on J.D. Vance. Ever since he announced his run for the US Senate in…
Why a dog is a politician’s best friend
Is there a better way to boost a politician’s fortunes than a puppy? Everyone knows that dogs buy a certain degree of…
When the Trump magic is gone
It seems the summertime auguries bode badly for former president Donald Trump, who has made a business of harmlessly splashing…
Nigeria’s abduction epidemic and the silence of the west
Every day, more and more children are going missing in Nigeria. At least 140 schoolchildren were kidnapped in Nigeria’s northwestern Kaduna city yesterday.…
Can the US redeem itself in Afghanistan?
The objectives of the Authorized Use of Military Force approved by Congress in 2001 have long been accomplished. Once Osama…
The Laura Tingle-Julia Banks ‘interview’ further undermines the ABC
On Monday night I saw another nail in the coffin of quality journalism on the ABC. It was what could…
Matt Hancock isn’t the only politician who is clueless about cyber security
It is widely acknowledged that Britain has some of the world’s finest cyber capabilities. GCHQ is a global leader in…
Labour’s unlocking problem
Labour is unhappy with the government’s plan for unlocking, with leader Sir Keir Starmer calling it ‘reckless’. In the Commons…
The plot against religious education
Faith is not the declining force that some secularists believe or indeed desire it to be. Even here in the UK,…
Boris’s ‘freedom day’ spells misery for many
The projection from Sajid Javid that Covid-19 infections could surge to a record 100,000 per day in a few weeks,…
Lockdown didn’t save lives from cancer
Everyone understood the government message in March 2020 to stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives. Yet the lives…
The economic case for ditching mask mandates
After many months of hardship and sacrifice, freedom is finally within grasp. Boris Johnson has reclaimed his buccaneering, libertarian spirit…
Boris Johnson’s plan for ‘freedom day’
Four weeks later than planned, ministers are preparing to lift nearly all Covid restrictions from 19 July. This afternoon, Boris…
The problem with Covid sticks and carrots? Citizens aren’t horses
It is one thing to protest your innocence to a crime that you did not commit, but quite another to…
The Lord of the Woke
James Ronald Ruel Tolkien was an English academic with a particular interest in Anglo-Saxon languages and legends and philology. He…
Political cowardice has a price
The cowardice of our political overlords has a price, and usually that price is not paid by these decision-makers but…
Julia, you should have gone to the police, not the ABC
Another day, another anti-Morrison whinger decides to jump aboard the bandwagon to sit alongside miserable ghost Malcolm Turnbull and his…
The Olympics are canceled
The Olympic Games in Tokyo are doomed. Before the opening ceremony, before even the torch is lit, it’s not going…
Back to ‘Big Australia’? Not so fast
If there were a hint of a silver lining in the Covid-19 pandemic and associated travel restrictions, it may be…
Labour’s disastrous switch to economic nationalism
The government will ‘Buy British’ whenever possible. A new law would force every public body to publish the percentage of…
Truth on social media? Geoffrey Robertson is keen
Truth on social media? It’s a wonderful idea, one espoused by high profile human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson on Sky…
Banks’ blunder
One-term MP Julia Banks has written a book based on what she broadly terms the horrors of working in Parliament…
A Reader’s Digest manifesto for our new woke military?
ITEM: The Daily Telegraph, Sydney, Saturday, July 3 2021: The Australian Defence Force has turned to some of the world’s…
NAIDOC Woke
It’s NAIDOC Week. Aboriginal elites, corporate virtue-signallers and politicians, cheered on by the media but especially the ABC and SBS, will…
A friendly reminder: Anthony Albanese is completely bloody useless
After last Monday night’s AstraZeneca slip of the tongue announcement, Scott Morrison simply vanished for three days until National Cabinet…
