Extinction Rebellion’s brave new protest
Courageous, inspiring, fatuous, completely bloody ridiculous… From the Extinction Rebellion national newsletter, out this morning: The newsletter also declares “We…
Brace yourselves for more Covid lockdown restrictions
I’ve been bombarded with emails and messages from data scientists who firmly believe that the trend to Covid-19 infections, based…
Confronting China’s agents of influence: not McCarthyism, not racism – but in the national interest
The father of liberalism, English philosopher John Locke once said, “We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the…
A warning letter from the niece of Osama bin Laden
Dear America, Two-hundred-and-forty-four years ago, the resolve, courage, and wisdom of your Founding Fathers forever changed the course of history.…
The Lib Dems’ transphobia meltdown is complete
The trouble with women is that they have opinions and not necessarily the correct ones. Some even have the audacity…
In defense of the Electoral College
Though often lost in the debate over the Electoral College, Article II in our Constitution created a system in which…
Boris’s ‘whack-a-mole’ Covid strategy is failing
Will the current cycle – lockdown; open up; eat out; restrictions; lockdown – go on forever? In their handling of…
Clem and Yassmin’s dream date
What happens when two extremist exhibitionist feminists and professional victims sit down at a mic? It may sound like the…
Could Boris quit?
Could Boris do a Harold Wilson? Over the years there has been much speculation about the sudden resignation of Wilson…
Peerless: what it’s like to become a Lord
As from this Thursday, I am a peer, although I must wait until next month before I can take my…
I don’t like Donald Trump, but don’t hate him enough to be fashionable
Just for the record because everything is on the record: I doubt I could ever vote for Donald Trump. My…
Sweden’s success mocks our folly
Sweden matters. It sits there like a thousand-foot skyscraper in the middle of a medieval town, casting awkward shadows over…
Fill the seat
When you have power in Washington DC, use it. That saying is true for both parties. There has been much…
The ‘Notorious RBG’ and her triumph over tribalism
Ruth the Moabite is the only Biblical figure to merit the description ‘eshet chayil’ – ‘a woman of valour’. One…
Donald Trump should nominate a Supreme Court Justice today
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear: the Bulwark is fretting that he who shall not be named might, sneaky devil…
The persistent myth of a non-political Supreme Court
The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a terrible blow to Democrats, but there is an important point to…
What’s the real reason behind Joe Biden’s Brexit threats?
Is Donald Trump taking the Democrats’ line on Brexit and the Irish border? We might think so from the Financial…
The growing evidence for T cell Covid immunity
Back in May I wroteabout a study by La Jolla Institute for Immunology, which raised the possibility that exposure to…
Is ‘social distancing’ effective in the fight against Covid?
How many people before Covid-19 had heard the term ‘social distancing’, still less knew that this topic has been intensively…
The Greens: billboards are evil, please give us money for billboards
The Greens: billboards are evil. Shane Rattenbury MLA, Speaker of the Canberra City Council (AKA Legislative Assembly), Twitter, yesterday: The Greens:…
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dead at 87
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away at the age of 87 on Friday due to complications from metastatic…
Dog days
‘I feel a bit like a dog returning to eat its own vomit,’ explained Victoria’s Assistant Commissioner Luke Cornelius, to…
