Dyson Heydon: process matters
The more serious the allegations the more important the process or procedure used to look into those allegations. In the…
Education reviews are booming. Shame the same can’t be said about school standards
Don’t be fooled by the “back to basics” language from the Berejiklian government — in reality, this NSW curriculum review…
Keir Starmer is stuffed
The British political and media establishment had Remain winning the Brexit referendum at a canter, Hillary Clinton as US president…
Do the mob toppling statues expect their own monuments?
It is only a matter of time before someone pulls down a statue of Mother Teresa because she was silent…
Wasting your money: wattle the government think of next
Firstly, a solution in search of a non-existent problem; not surprisingly a brain fart of that most immaterial of prime…
Why Biden might be better for Brexit Britain
At the best of times, US presidential elections require the British government to walk a tightrope. In 1992, a Tory…
Why does Big Public Health want to keep us smoking?
My partner started smoking cigarettes in high school. A little over a year ago, he quit, thanks to nicotine vaping.…
After BHAZ
Protesters tried to establish an autonomous zone between the White House and St John’s Episcopal Church on Monday. Law enforcement…
Why the humanities matter in the age of AI
I hope that we will not, under current pressures or emotions, be tempted to ignore the basic fact that civilisation…
Meet Adrienne Elrod, Biden’s new bodyguard
Meet Adrienne Elrod, Joe Biden’s director of surrogate strategy and operations. She was hired in June and previously served as…
Revealed: What ‘Black Lives Matter’ really stands for
Anyone worth listening to agrees that black lives matter. But what does the organisation ‘Black Lives Matter’ stand for? Worryingly,…
NASCAR gets its own Jussie Smollett
NASCAR fans breathed a collective sigh of relief two weeks ago when the sport singlehandedly stopped racism dead in its…
Our collective nervous breakdown
It’s being sold by some as a glorious revolution, but what Western culture is really experiencing is a garden variety…
The right’s cannibalism problem
The right has a cannibalism problem. It gleefully attacks and eats its own. The left silently watches Republican after Republican…
You say you want a revolution?
In the early hours of May 30, after a night of violent protests in New York, two lawyers were arrested by the…
The rule of law is collapsing
It is the law that makes us ‘the best of animals.’ So saying, Aristotle had a very specific conception of…
How Boris Johnson plans to reset his premiership
The decision to significantly ease lockdown from early July marks a new chapter when it comes to the government’s approach…
The BBC’s patronising new diversity quota
‘Diversity’ and ‘inclusion’ have become sacred doctrines within many of our major institutions, a religious fervour that has only increased…
Chairman Mao wiped out the sparrows, Chairman Dan will purge the ronas…
In a bold attempt to prove his worthiness and loyalty to Chinese strongman XiXi The Pooh, Chairman Daniel Andrews issued…
You can replace the leader but unless honesty replaces gender theory, White Ribbon is finished – again
When White Ribbon closed its doors last year, under a dark cloud and serious financial question marks, many hoped we’d…
Will there ever be another Conservative mayor of London?
Even in these strange political times, it looks very difficult for a Conservative politician to become Mayor of London. In…
So that’s what was wrong with the ABC?
The SMAge reports on the deep thinking contained in the ABC’s five-year plan (funny they should choose that name), unveiled…
Albo’s Claytons climate policy switch
In the media today, we see two contrasting ALP position papers, by Kevin Rudd in the AFR, and by Anthony…
The PC monster wants to eat all the fun
Make it stop. Seriously… Make. It. Stop. Nestle is rebranding its Redskins and Chicos sweets. It reckons their names are…
The death of the private citizen
The internet is not a private place, but news outlets have decided that it’s up to them to determine when…
