The view from on high
‘Cabin crew, ten minutes to landing!’ Are there any more exhilarating words? Soon, for a few precious minutes, one can…
What’s on the agenda?
Donald Trump has been tight-lipped about his second-term agenda, preferring to speak about the past accomplishments of his administration when…
Spain’s bizarre mask policies
Spain has a reputation for having some of the strictest policies on masks in Europe, with the public even encouraged…
What’s up with Macron’s Lawrence of Arabia stunt?
President Macron neither lacks chutzpah nor a lust for drama. His walkabout yesterday amid the devastation of Lebanon’s Beirut, following…
Evening Standard sacks nearly half its journalists after Covid crunch
Last Friday, Evgeny Lebedev, owner of the Independent and the Evening Standard, was celebrating his nomination for a peerage. But…
Palmerston’s retirement leaves Larry as top cat
Power struggles at the heart of government continued today, with a key member of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office announcing…
The mindblowing cost of lockdown: we hope it was worth it, quarantine workers
Out today: the latest figures for the cost of lockdown in Danandrewstan. Mindblowing. $15 billion for the Jobkeeper extension. $12…
The real Covid-19 threat
Daniel Kahneman called it anchoring; I call it tunnel vision. It’s when we depend too heavily on our pre-existing ideas…
What’s woke this week (or racist)?
In racism news, the woke word police have been all atwitter this week, bless them, fluttering about racist bird names;…
Meditations on Pyong-Dan
Maybe it is time to rename the Murray River. Would not a more apt name be the Yalu River? After…
That’s the dairy aisle dealt with. Now can we stop this patronising pettiness and tackle true Indigenous disadvantage?
Here’s a quick question for those who follow Aboriginal affairs: what has received more attention in the past month—the story…
The freakshow activists admit: they’re out to silence free speech
Aha. Sometimes you have to keep an eye on a pack of activists for months, you need to read every…
Hidin’ Biden’s basement convention
Not everyone appreciates the extent to which the Democrats pushing Joe Biden for president are students of Samuel Taylor Coleridge.…
Cancelling Kindergarten Cop is a step too far
Arnold Schwarzenegger’s late-Eighties to early-Nineties comedies have not gone down in history as great triumphs. Films like Junior and Twins…
Top Democrats contemplate civil war if Biden loses
The chattering caste of Washington DC has spent much of the summer obsessed with the idea that Donald Trump will…
Facebook is wrong to censor Donald Trump
Donald Trump has hardly covered himself in glory in his latest public responses to the pandemic. His calamitous interview with…
Can Douglas Ross stop Scexit?
Douglas Ross is the new leader of the Scottish Conservatives and since his predecessor lasted all of 167 days, best…
Pakistan has transformed into a covid-19 success story
As the covid-19 pandemic rages on, Pakistan is emerging as an unheralded, and unlikely, success story. Despite having the fifth…
Europe is finally coming to terms with Brexit
An article in the Dutch, left-leaning newspaper Het Parool led with the headline ‘Despite Brexit, multinationals prefer London over Amsterdam…
The ACCC’s attack on Big Tech over content: old fashioned protectionism under a new name?
Santa came early this year for traditional media monoliths who will soon profit at the expense of independent content creators,…
The Project’s outrageous anti-Israeli conspiracy mongering
Waleed Aly and his pals at The Project have reached a new low, last night broadcasting a segment blaming the…
Trump campaign misses the mark with latest Biden attack
Former vice president Joe Biden handed the Trump campaign an interview gaffe for the ages on Wednesday. When asked if…
Government has failed Victoria – and Victoria has failed government
The biggest crisis currently facing Victoria is not the coronavirus. It is the failure of government itself; the lack of…
Who does Trump want?
Joe Biden has reportedly narrowed his vice-presidential search, with Sen. Kamala Harris and former national security adviser Susan Rice taking…
