Bibi is back
Is Benjamin Netanyahu’s time up? A fortnight ago, it seemed so. Netanyahu’s mandate for forming a coalition expired. The opportunity was handed instead…
Greens team up with Tories to kill the ‘progressive alliance’
There has been much talk in recent years about the prospect of a so-called ‘progressive alliance’ coming together to lock…
On ‘chestfeeding’
Following the controversy over the “gender-inclusive” move of the Australian Breastfeeding Association to include natal males in their purview, I…
Richard Dawkins’ views on Down’s syndrome aren’t a surprise
Irish radio host Brendan O’Connor is not interested in having an emotional discussion. He’s just curious: if a man of…
What Men’s Sheds and the Gay Games have in common
Recently, I was one of four female panellists at a Menzies Research Centre event in Melbourne. Our discussion point was…
‘We’ll get you there, though some people may die’
Like-a-Virgin Airlines has launched a new advertising campaign to encourage people to travel overseas despite the Covid-19 pandemic. The “We’ll…
Liz Cheney has lost her fight against Trump but might win the war
When Liz Cheney, the single US House Representative for the state of Wyoming, was sacked as chair of the Republican…
Mad money
‘We have nothing to fear but fear itself,’ said Franklin D. Roosevelt famously, at his first inauguration in the depths…
Australian political journalism is crap
‘The Coalition has abandoned debt and deficit in a monumental shift to its political narrative.’ That’s the refrain we’ve basically…
The world’s unluckiest anti-racist: Corbyn’s greatest hits
Rallies for Palestine were held across the country this weekend which meant of course a starring role for one Jeremy…
Sweden, Covid and lockdown – a look at the data
Over the last year, the debate about lockdown has been driven to extremes – everyone has, by now, made up their…
The rapid rise of Pascal Blanchard, Macron’s favourite diversity tsar
In October last year Emmanuel Macron had a long list of around 300 to 500 names drawn up. These were no…
The woke comes preassembled at IKEA
For those of us who are still sane, we fully expect the lunar left to doggedly push ever more insanity…
Stop the shaming of boys in schools
Another week, another shaming of boys in schools. Last Monday a teacher at Como Secondary College in Perth stormed into a change room…
Is it time for Keir Starmer to forget about uniting his party?
Campaigning to become Labour leader last year, Keir Starmer said Harold Wilson was his favourite party leader of the last…
Auntie’s fudge
I saw this on Twitter. It led me to a Guardian piece: ABC demands rightwing thinktank correct ‘misleading’ claims on public…
WA Labor’s cynical power grab
I grew up in a small town in regional Western harvesAustralia. When I was a kid, we had a doctor in…
Thanks, Joe Biden
Is there no end to the litany of cock-ups that can be laid at the feet of the 46th President of the United States of…
Glasgow’s immigration raid stand-off is nothing to celebrate
The rule of law is very simple: it means ‘everyone must obey the law’. Last year, much hay was made…
How accurate are PCR tests?
With the revelation that passengers were barred from boarding the first repatriation flight to Australia from India on the basis of…
Hamas’s rockets are killing Palestinians too
Israel’s military action in Gaza is widely reported daily across the world. Images of hundreds of rockets lighting up the…
Boris’s levelling up risks leaving behind London
Boris Johnson’s plan to ‘level up’ Britain sounds long overdue. It implies the creation of a less geographically unequal United…
Spectator Australia TV: The budget horrow show
Today on Counter Culture we’ll tell you everything you need to know about the horror show that is this week’s…
How Canada will conquer the US
It’s difficult to get people to take the idea of Canadian world domination seriously, and I admit the notion snuck…
Is the Indian Covid variant more dangerous that other strains?
Does the Indian variant of Sars-CoV-2, B1.617.2, have the capacity to escape vaccines? Is it really more transmissible than the…
