Why police shouldn’t stop using the term ‘Islamist terrorism’
The Times has revealed today that counter-terror police officers are considering dropping the term ‘Islamism’ to describe terror attacks motivated…
Biden offers no change and no hope
For too long, Republicans and the media refused to take Joe Biden seriously as a presidential candidate. It’s hard to…
Boris Johnson’s leadership skills are in doubt
Two ‘c’s come easily to Boris: charm and cheerfulness. He has always believed that he can charm his way out…
Sorry Alan, but Modern Monetary Theory is a load of cobblers
Alan Kohler considers the current crisis provides the ideal laboratory for applying the catchily titled Modern Monetary Theory — MMT. …
The continued existence of the United Kingdom is now at stake
When they come to write the history of the Union’s demise, there will be three guilty men. Tony Blair was…
Chilling stories from inside China’s Muslim internment camps
Vegetable-seller Kairat Samarkhan didn’t know why he had been summoned to the police station. ‘I had to empty my pockets…
Coronavirus can’t stop crazy social policies in Danandrewstan
Victoria’s new race-based parliament, The First Nation’s Assembly of Victoria, has voted overwhelmingly to adopt a resolution to establish a ‘Truth-Telling…
Who killed Red Pill lawyer Marc Angelucci – and why?
On the Saturday before last, July 11, just before 4 pm, my dear and wonderful friend Marc Angelucci was at…
Better targeted coronavirus cash is needed to avoid worse economic contagion
Tapering — rather than topping up — income support is key to sustainably and compassionately backing Australia’s vulnerable households and…
China’s ambassador has no answer to the treatment of Uighur Muslims
When Liu Xiaoming agreed to come on the Andrew Marr show, he ought to have expected that – as the…
The Begum Appeal is a fundamental error of logic
There has been an emotional response to the case of Shamima Begum, quite rightly. It is not clear to me…
Crowdfunded cases have turned the law into a political weapon
In 1739 a London attorney called John Theobald fell into a dispute with a man called John Drinkwater, widely regarded…
Gentleness is much needed in our restless world
On a solitary walk, I encountered two families. The parents in the first family were upbraiding their daughter —…
Here is a coronavirus update from your friendly public health experts
Hello. We’re from the government: And we’re here to confuse help you: Illustration: Katja Motion Picture Corporation/Krevoy/Stabler/Wessler Production/New Line Cinema.…
The self-interested inconsistencies of the RMIT-ABC Fact Check unit
Two years ago the opposition was pushing a the-government-has-cut-funding line for aged care. It was a lie, of course, and,…
Italy owes Wales reparations for the wrongs of the Roman Empire
There’s talk of reparations in the air. Lobbyists from around the world are demanding sin-payments from former colonial powers. Let…
The ruthlessness of Huawei
Huawei’s 5G path is blocked. In a few months’ time, Huawei may no longer see the point of paying six-figure…
Mystery portrait
Shortly after moving to Manhattan in the noughties I was strolling through the West Village when I came across a…
David Hockney A closer winter tunnel, February-March 2006
The National Gallery of Victoria has closed again ‘until further notice’. The rest of the country is more fortunate, at…
Deeply disturbing
Sorry For Your Trouble (Bloomsbury, £16.99), Richard Ford’s 13th book of fiction, shows a writer still very much on song.…
The politics of mask-wearing
We are enjoined by certain experts to wear face masks while having sexual intercourse. No change there, then, for me.…
How did I end up in Epstein’s black book?
Every time Jeffrey Epstein is in the news, I start getting calls from strangers wanting to scream abuse at me.…
