How the EU vaccine row could escalate
The EU is now insisting that AstraZeneca use vaccine produced at its UK site to make up for a shortfall in…
Oligarchy in America
The fog of the Trump wars is lifting, the road from COVID-19 rising before us, the outlines of the 21st-century…
Impeachment 2.0 is another silly sham
Rand Paul just made the most bracing speech of his career. It was about the absurdity of the new effort…
Inside the Dutch anti-lockdown riots
Images of Dutch rioters throwing stones and fireworks at police, looting shops and facing water cannon have been published all…
Never again – what?
I am challenged on this day, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, to explain exactly what the world promised when it swore…
Tech stocks: party like it’s 1999?
A tech bubble eerily similar to the Dotcom crash of 1999-2002 is brewing. This time, fueled by Covid stimulus, social…
What’s on the Davos agenda?
International uber management consultants McKinsey have published a guide The Davos agenda for this week’s conferencing. “See what’s on the…
Only jokes will let us survive our new Clown World
The inauguration of President Joe Biden has heralded the onset, like no other event in recent times, of Clown World. Conservatives, populists and sane people everywhere…
Barnaby, it’s time to leave the island
It has long been evident to many that Barnaby Joyce’s time at the political trough has passed. In many respects,…
Who will replace Rob Portman in the Senate?
With Rob Portman’s announcement that he will not seek a third term in the US Senate, the two questions of…
Did Boris Johnson do ‘everything he could’ to limit Covid deaths?
Boris Johnson, Chris Whitty and Simon Stevens held a very sombre press conference in Downing Street this evening to mark…
Dear reader, do I go and work for Twitter? Try to change the system from within?
There is nothing like a good dose of irony to make me smile. Look at what job recently popped up…
Trans activists are hounding women out of public life
The New Year Honours list included an OBE for Kathleen Stock, a professor of philosophy at the University of Sussex.…
Is the EU to blame for AstraZeneca’s vaccine shortage?
The important difference between AstraZeneca’s relationship with the UK and its relationship with the EU – and the reason it…
The uncomfortable truth about Black Lives Matter, Malcolm X and anti-Semitism
Fifty-five years ago, Martin Luther King delivered a speech to 50,000 Americans in which he demanded justice for persecuted Jews…
The final humiliation of Rudy Giuliani
Poor Rudy Giuliani. Kellyanne Conway has her daughter accusing her of abuse on TikTok, yet somehow Rudy may be the…
A modest proposal for Australia Day
It has become fashionable for some wokesters to object to Australia Day celebrations, even calling we modern Australians an occupying…
The human costs of an ‘Australian-style’ quarantine system
Richard Curtis’ iconic Love Actually airport scenes may fall on the wrong side of saccharine, but they capture something of…
Wiping “Australia Day” from the Big Bash games: polling shows it’s another fumble by our feeble cricketers
In the wake of an underwhelming summer of cricket in which the Australians lost a home series to the depleted Indian squad, Australia’s governing body…
An honour with a great big crown on top for Malcolm
Lord Malcolm of Point Piper has finally received an official honour, the Companion in the Order of Australia, the AC.…
Time to make our gongs truly Australian: the Great Bloke, the Grouse Sheila and more
Outstanding Australians are honoured at this time every year in recognition of their contribution to our country. The problem is…
Drinking my way through the Capitol riots
What would you do if the world was ending? I suppose I would be somewhere drinking. At least, that’s what…
Is this the key to understanding Covid immunity?
Just how strong an immunity do Covid patients develop after they have acquired the infection and how long does it…
January 26: The Church of Woke’s one day of the year
We are religious, as religion is an inescapable concept and everybody is religious. Religions have their holy days (from which we get…
Why we should worry about the censorship of the far left
There are many important, principled arguments for free speech. But one of the most convincing is purely tactical. Why empower…
