What Trump can learn from Boris in fighting fake news
The US election has, once again, been plagued by a tide of disinformation and fake news. But don’t point the…
The American media is failing you
American journalism has lost its bearings, and we are all paying the price. For the past four years, egged on…
Trump has the momentum in the final week
I don’t believe in astrology, but, if I did, I’d have to say the stars are aligning for Donald Trump…
Who’s going to win the Queensland election? It’s complicated
If polls really could foretell the future, rather than just being an imperfect model of the present, then the LNP should currently be cruising…
It’s time to expel Turkey from Nato
Even the staunchest Remainer would admit the EU is not currently the happiest ship, sailing in the waters of world…
What’s woke this week?
‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean…
Men have a penis and women have a vagina. Oh. Wait…
Men have a penis and women have a vagina — but only a crazy brave person would say so. Perth…
Forget the Cartier watches. We should be talking about privatising Australia Post
Australia Post CEO and managing director, Christine Holgate, has been caught between the conflict of running a government business enterprise…
The Liberal Party: caught in the gender trap?
While Australians are worried about actual problems like rising unemployment, the Liberal Party is worried about gender imbalance among its…
Starmer’s suspension of Corbyn took courage
Keir Starmer’s decision to suspend Jeremy Corbyn shows a courage so many lacked when the far left ran the party…
The challenge the Tories face after the pandemic
After the last few years of political turmoil, Westminster can’t break the habit of waiting for the latest poll to…
How Macron reacts to the Nice attack will be critical
The suspected terrorist attack in Nice’s Notre Dame Basilica this morning appears to be the third such incident in France in…
It’s time for an alternative to lockdown
As France and Germany lock down again – and as Britain considers whether to follow suit – many people will…
Marx’s zombies
It is time we start listening to our kids. No, I haven’t lost my mind… Social discord, previously dismissed as…
Queensland can do better than Annastacia Palaszczuk, but the LNP must lift its campaign game
This Saturday’s Queensland State Election will see the LNP not only with top weight, but a wide barrier draw and…
The Philly riots could throw Pennsylvania to Trump
Rioters and looters in Philadelphia may have just paved Trump’s road to victory in Pennsylvania. Biden helped last week when…
Liberalism is in trouble
Liberalism is in trouble. This is not a comment about political parties which may use the Liberal name, but about…
The eurozone is in deep trouble
In Germany, the DAX index – the benchmark for the economy – is already down 4 per cent today. In…
Japan’s carbon neutral pledge looks like a load of hot air
Japan’s new prime minister Yoshihide Suga is talking tough on climate change. Suga has promised that Japan will become carbon neutral…
Morning in America or mourning in America?
In the countdown to Election Day, the two campaigns are taking starkly different approaches. Joe Biden is sitting on a…
Tony Bobulinski and implausible deniability
It turns out that the 2020 US presidential election is not between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, as we have…
Obama’s bid to make Trump a one-term president
With less than a week to go before Americans cast their ballots at polling places across the country, Donald Trump…
‘This is how freedom dies’: The folly of Britain’s coercive Covid strategy
During the Covid-19 pandemic, the British state has exercised coercive powers over itscitizens on a scale never previously attempted. It…
Scott Morrison: dismal with Daniel Andrews, feeble on freedom
Ahead of question time in federal parliament yesterday there were two contrasting speeches given. In response to a motion moved…
Don’t trust the polls? Follow the money
If publicly available political polling stinks – and it does both in Australia and in the case of the US…
