The danger of the work from home revolution
The work-from-home (WFH) revolution has clearly won hearts and minds. According to KPMG and the Financial Services Skills Commission, half…
Consequences for Cuomo?
In a matter of two weeks, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s reputation has slid from that of smug Emmy Award winner to…
What’s behind Japan’s vaccine scepticism?
Japan finally began its Covid-19 vaccination programme this week after a consignment of 60,000 vials arrived by charter flight from…
Dutch descend into curfew chaos
Police were ready and supermarkets closed their doors, but on Tuesday evening it was unclear if a controversial curfew in…
Ensuring a future for the humanities in Australia
Back in 1951, the great conservative institution-builder William F. Buckley Jr. wrote a book about Yale University. However, what he described occurring in New Haven would ultimately apply more…
Zucked! How to get your fresh SpecOz updates
Like the rest of the Australian media, our benevolent overlord Mark Zuckerberg has decided to exile us from his kingdom,…
The EU is struggling to poach the City’s business
The latest salvos have been fired in the EU’s battle to drain the City of London’s financial business. Brussels –…
Macron is using Islam to outmanoeuvre Le Pen
There was a rally in Paris on Sunday at which a couple of hundred protestors vented their anger at the…
Can Parliament House become a less ugly workplace?
Federal parliament this week has been rocked by revelations by a former adviser to the now Defence minister, Linda Reynolds,…
Victoria has no ‘hyper-infectious’ covid plague – and no accountable government
So the lockdown has been lifted and the Premier is letting us out. We can go outside without worrying about…
A warning on windpower from deep in the heart of Texas
Were the South Australian blackouts in 2016 precursors to those that have occurred in Texas during the past few days? …
Meet the new generation of MPs plotting new paths to prosperity
It seems with each passing year strong, principled, and individually held positions on issues economic, social, and political are being usurped by self-interest and…
Major Jewish groups split over Biden’s anti-Israel staffers
‘I’m actually frightened,’ says Morton Klein. This is surprising: Morton Klein is supposed to be fearless. He’s the president of…
Would you consider this is the most dangerous man in Australia?
The most recent Covid lockdown of Victorians resulting from hotel quarantine failures must lead many to believe that the incumbent Victorian government is a…
CNN is complicit in the Cuomo COVID cover-up
Last week, the homepage of CNN announced that ‘The story keeps getting worse for Andrew Cuomo on COVID-19.’ The story, penned…
Does the SNP really want to copy Norway’s gender revolution?
Five years ago, in June 2016, Norway allowed anyone to change their legal gender. Legislative Decree 71 was everything that…
Student debt, the left’s next big campaign
There is barely anything original in Australian universities. And by original, I don’t mean research, but rather how the university…
Melbourne, the most lockdownable city in the world
Drongo alert: this piece may contain traces of satire. None of the quotes are accurate and, if they are, they’ve…
What Starmer can learn from Miliband’s mug
Since becoming Labour leader, Keir Starmer has single-mindedly been trying to persuade red wall voters that Labour is ‘patriotic’, just like…
Bryan Fogel on turning Jamal Khashoggi’s murder into a film
Bryan Fogel seems to have done it all. It’s hard to think of a showbiz figure with a more varied…
JobKeeper is no substitute for job creating policies
Good parents tell their children, “money does not grow on trees”. Unfortunately, some people did not get the memo and…
No one is conscripted to work in politics, but we must prevent casualties
Your correspondent, having toiled in discrete (and discreet) roles through 30 years in the national capital, federal public servant, Gallery…
The mad Sultan
Deeply read in religion, philosophy, and politics, the Sultan was also impatient and cruel. Does this remind you of anyone?…
How did an enigma like Theresa May become PM?
Theresa May is not the easiest person to speak to in Westminster. She is reluctant to get drawn into a…
Is Boris Johnson opening the way for vaccine passports?
The government’s position on vaccine passports is a cause of continuing intrigue. Although Downing Street has insisted on several occasions…
