Can’t Texas decide how to run its own elections?
Who’d have thought — I wouldn’t have, speaking as a seventh-generation Texan — that the Texas legislature would be held…
A harsh lesson for our university chiefs
Education Minister Alan Tudge gave a speech at the annual Universities Australia conference yesterday. Here is how the AFR education editor described what…
Another cock up from their ABC
If a story would not stand up in court, it should not be published. It certainly should not be published…
‘Crackpot’ lab leak theory suddenly ‘feasible’
What a difference a year makes. Sir Richard Dearlove, the MI6 chief (‘C’) from 1999 to 2004, was first interviewed on the UK’s excellent Planet Normal podcast almost exactly a year ago. His…
Joe Biden’s day off
Joe Biden may be the leader of the free world, but that hasn’t stopped him from taking retirement. The President…
Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Square vigil will be different this year
Every year since the tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, Hong Kongers have gathered in their thousands…
Being in opposition is awesome (really)
If you ever catch a cuppa with an Australian federal or state politician who is out of government and in…
Boris clamps down on foreign travel over Covid variant fears
Those hoping for a holiday abroad this summer were dealt a blow this afternoon with the announcement of the government’s…
What does the future hold for Donald Trump?
Don’t call it a comeback! Whether it’s by popular acclamation or by a coup, as former national security adviser Michael…
Donald McNeil described Americans as ‘selfish pigs’ in email to Fauci
There are some wondrous revelations in Dr Anthony Fauci’s over-3,200-page email trove acquired by BuzzFeed and the Washington Post through the Freedom…
Prepare for China’s nationalist turn
In recent days, it has been striking how many people in Westminster and Whitehall now think the lab leak theory…
Why the vaccines should prevent a deadly third wave
Among the scientists and medics calling this week for caution in the government’s reopening of the economy was Dr Lisa…
It’s time to kick out Lukashenko’s KGB thugs
While the EU agonises about whether to boycott Belarusian potash or state-owned oil companies, there is one very easy measure…
Is Ireland cosying up to China?
In 2019, the then-deputy prime minister of Ireland Simon Coveney spoke at the UN Human Rights Council, where he underlined Ireland’s…
Austria’s ‘Islam map’ is dangerous
Austria’s government has unveiled a map detailing the locations of mosques and other Muslim associations all over the country. The…
What are the odds of a politician saying something sensible about sharks?
For the first time in five years, an Australian politician has acknowledged a bleeding obvious fact about the way we…
‘Sweaty men have touched that ball’: South Australia’s special corona craziness
Every cloud has a silver lining, and corona craziness is providing a unique insight into how the nawabs of nannying,…
Anglican bishop: ‘Never trust a Tory’
It would almost be funny if it wasn’t so mind-numbingly tedious. The Bishop of St Davids, the Right Reverend Dr Joanna…
Sesame creep
Just because it’s Gay Pride Month—yep, there’s so many varieties on the LBTIQ+ spectrum they couldn’t just have one day—in…
Their ABC fails the objectivity test on Aboriginal history
According to its Code of Practice, the ABC “has a statutory duty to ensure that the gathering and presentation of…
The problem with Palestine’s showbiz supporters
One of the many reasons I hate wokers is because they indulge so shamelessly in what Bebel coined ‘the socialism…
Labour is the culture war’s greatest victim
How damaging is the ‘culture war’ to the Labour party’s hopes of one day regaining power? On the left there…
What Dawn Butler gets wrong about Stonewall
It’s been a bad night for Stonewall. Yesterday, the Labour MP Dawn Butler created a Twitter Poll. ‘Who do you…
China’s concerning Covid diplomacy
Covid-19 has so far caused the deaths of near three and a half million globally and led to significant social and…
We need to talk about Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy’s mouth does two things: it kisses Donald Trump’s hand and it emits denouncements of his constituents. After Rep.…
