Indonesia’s mandatory hijab ban is a triumph for women
Last week, Indonesia banned schools across the country from forcing girls to wear the hijab, after the parents of a…
How the left can’t let Trump die – while wishing death upon him
US media continues to be gripped by Trump derangement syndrome with Thursday’s New York Times breathlessly reporting a non-story about…
Ah, Daniel Andrews, you’ve done it again
Melbourne’s famed Brunetti’s pasticcerie turn out the most exquisite pastries and cakes, but their decor resembles that of a Las…
Double standards Dan strikes again
They say if the Left did not have double standards, they would have no standards at all. Time and time…
To convict or not to convict
Tomorrow, attorneys Bruce Castor, David Schoen, Michael van der Veen and William Brennan plan to speak on behalf of Donald…
Gina Carano and the hypocrisy of Hollywood
Godwin’s Law has become a way of life in our polarised political times. Go on social media any given day…
The economy is stuffed full of stimulants – and so are too many business commentators
It is results season in Australian capital markets, This is the time of year listed companies delivery their half or…
Something stupid this way comes
The mandarins of Qing China claimed the Mandate of Heaven. The French noblesse d’épée tied their privileges to a thousand…
Will Burma’s Buddhist monks help bring an end to the military coup?
In what could transpire to be a significant development, Buddhist monks joined tens of thousands of anti-coup protesters in the…
The cult of cryptocurrency
The first rule of Crypto Club: You constantly talk about Crypto Club. The second rule of Crypto Club: You constantly talk about Crypto Club. How do you…
Did Eddie resign or was it the Pope?
ABC TV news viewers this week could have been excused for thinking the Papacy had been suddenly vacated. Fully…
Green scare: Labour should stop chasing the eco vote
Should the Labour party be worried about the Greens? Some Labour activists think so. The Greens have just become the…
A good day for Peter Ridd – and free speech
A potentially crucial blow for academic freedom and free speech has been struck today, with the High Court granting former…
Don’t mention ‘breastmilk’, let alone ‘mothers’. It’s oppressive
Welcome to 2021 where we can no longer talk about “breastfeeding”. The women’s lobby, of course, spent years trying to…
Macron eyes up a new career
How is France dealing with its latest Covid wave? Not particularly well, if you listen to the director of epidemiological research…
Revealed: how Mossad eliminated Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
The Mossad is not known for its touchy-feely approach. Whether it was the kidnap of Adolf Eichmann in the sixties,…
No, the climate wars aren’t over
For over a dozen years, shills in the media and among the subsidy-seekers have been declaring the ‘climate wars’ to…
The Trump Show enters its final season
There is no point denying it — The Trump Show, the craziest comedy the God of TV has ever produced, has…
Von der Leyen has learnt nothing from the EU’s vaccine fiasco
As non-apology apologies go, it was right up there with the best of them. Speaking to MEPs today, the president…
How effective are the Covid vaccines?
Reports have filtered through this morning about Public Health England’s assessment of the efficacy of the two vaccines so far…
The elitism lurking at the heart of the green movement
There’s a movement in the UK that is trying to block the building of essential new council housing. It is…
The Bizarro World of coronavirus death stats
Some years ago, Marvel Comics gave us Bizarro World. In Bizarro World, everything was the opposite of what it should…
What’s keeping terrorism experts awake at night?
This keeps me up at night. Have you come across this expression of pained anguish lately? This isn’t about conversations…
The BBC licence fee hike adds insult to injury
In these chill winter days it’s good to know that at least one old lady is warmly wrapped up. The…
Who loves the WHO?
What are the odds of the WHO investigators discovering the actual origins of the Covid-19 virus? Even if the investigation team had been there a year ago, when the pandemic was just…
