Joe Biden should debate
Why would a benevolent God deny us the prospect of a debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump? As the…
Don’t hold your breath for an Ilhan Omar upset
Ilhan Omar haters have whipped themselves into a hopeful frenzy thinking the first Somali American woman to serve in Congress…
The UK’s incoherent Channel migrant strategy
I saw a little cloud no bigger than a man’s fist that was coming in from the sea, reported the…
How Covid spread in Sweden’s care homes
Why did Covid prove so lethal in care homes? Between 2 March and 12 June, there were 66,112 deaths of…
The BBC only has itself to blame for the licence fee mess
For an organisation that likes to be popular these are troubling times for the BBC. This month the Corporation started…
There is no ‘do no harm’ VP pick
If you’ve kept half an eye on the ‘who will it be?’ story that is the Democratic party’s vice-presidential nomination,…
How many years of life did lockdown save – or destroy?
It’s official – lockdown will eventually have a greater impact on our lives and health than Covid-19 itself. That, at…
Belarus’s regime is nearing collapse
It’s hard to believe Belarus’s Alexander Lukashenko will retain his half-affectionate, half-exasperated nickname ‘Batka’ (Dad) after his re-election yesterday in…
Respect will never fade away
In the coming weeks, Australia will mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. It seems only yesterday…
The Lib Dem paradox
Are the Lib Dems finished? It’s not the first time that question has been asked. In fact, it’s a fairly…
The superannuation skimmers
When it comes to sneaky and deceptive ways to separate citizens from their money, there is no better system than…
We’re not all in this together: the public, not the pols or pen-pushers, will bear the costs of lockdown
As Victoria is plunged back into lockdowns, with those in greater Melbourne facing unprecedented restrictions on their every move, the…
EXCLUSIVE: Go Fund… what, exactly?
When Angy Ngo, Editor-at-large at Post Millennial gave evidence to US Congress about Antifa on August 5, he shone a…
Since when was it the Press Council’s job to adjudicate on science? The APC’s stitch-up of Ian Plimer and attack on free speech
On November 21, 2019, The Australian published an article on its opinion pages and online titled; ‘Let’s Not Pollute minds…
The Greens turn red
The Green party has nominated Howie Hawkins to the presidency of the United States. But Hawkins’s victory has seemed preordained…
The Democrats want a Cold War, but will they get a civil war?
With the Swamp lovingly tended under the Obama/Biden administration, the Democrats sense a chance to end President Trump and carry…
New York vs NRA — and the silencing of dissent
On Thursday morning, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a lawsuit against the National Rifle Association. According to James,…
Forget Pericles and pals. What matters is that Victorians aren’t getting answers from their government
As early reports of the devastation of Pearl Harbor filtered into Prime Minister John Curtin’s office that fateful day in…
Kohler QC and Modern Monetary Theory
Ah. Now we get it. Alan Kohler isn’t pushing Modern Monetary Theory — despite all appearances to the contrary. No,…
No fuel, no fires.
The independent New South Wales bushfire inquiry — led by former NSW Police deputy commissioner Dave Owens and former NSW…
Herd immunity is still key in the fight against Covid-19
Open or close? Open the schools and close the pubs? Open bowling alleys but not skating rinks? Allow open restaurants…
Why I am not a libertarian but keep getting called one – and why you should care
It started five or six years ago. I was defending what I took to be some basic value of mainstream…
Why are black Americans likelier to die of COVID than Latinos?
Only part of the dramatic racial differences in age-adjusted COVID-19 death rates can be explained by racial differences. The remainder reflects a substantially lower black…
Meet Gen Z GOP, a group of confused liberals
Meet the hip new Republican youth group: ‘Gen Z GOP’. Media outlets welcomed the group with open arms. NeverTrumper Bill…
The great koala scam
Europeans learnt of koalas a decade after they arrived. John Price was shown some dung by a convict who’d lived…
