How coronavirus could kill conservatism
‘No corporate bailouts,’ says Michigan Rep. Justin Amash as lawmakers debate an economic stimulus package in response to coronavirus. Washington…
After the coronavirus, who wins the recovery?
We are living through a gruesome case study in the irrationality of elites. COVID-19 is a serious disease, but the…
Donald Trump goes Kung Flu fighting
There seems to be no end to the hatred against United States President. Just recently his administration was accused by…
A simple stimulus step that won’t cost a cent: stop green lawfare
Over $65 billion of investment, mostly in regional Australia, has been put at risk by a small group of environmental and inner-city…
Why Tulsi backed Biden
Though neither her supporters and detractors wanted to hear it, Tulsi Gabbard was always clear that she would support the…
Move over Greta, there’s a real blight in town
Seems Greta and her merry band of worldwide climate change catastrophists are missing in action during coronavirus. Perhaps they are…
The panic is ending, the fear has just begun
The world sits in anticipation of how the next few crucial days play out. Together we will find out if…
Could measures we’ve taken to stop Covid-19 already be saving lives?
Perspective is a bit in short supply at the moment but if you want a brief respite from the onslaught…
The worst thing about having coronavirus
Be honest: when you first heard about self isolation, did you think, just for a second: ‘that sounds good’? Many…
Marine Le Pen has the most to gain from France’s coronavirus crisis
Any hope that the two week ‘confinement’ imposed by President Macron would heal France’s deep divisions has vanished as swiftly…
Love in the time of corona
Giovanni Boccaccio wrote “The Decameron” in the aftermath of the Black Death pandemic of 1348, which carried away somewhere around…
Crisis and stimulus: in their own words
Sixteen billion dollars announced today — and that’s only the tip of the iceberg. In the words of The Donald,…
The Religious Discrimination Act: making the perfect the enemy of the good
The debate over the government’s Religious Discrimination Bill drags on. And on. And on. Those who bet the Bill would never pass now brim…
Three random thoughts: universities, free speech and coronavirus
We certainly have a problem in our universities and it’s not one that will be spotted by interviewing vice-chancellors. Last…
Activists attempt to shut down the family law inquiry
While most people have been distracted by coronavirus, the family law inquiry has been ticking along in Australia. However, that…
School closures leave parents with a serious headache
Well, thanks a whole lot, Gavin W. The announcement that schools would close in England from Friday was pretty well…
Coronavirus fake news is big business
The explosion of armchair virologists during the coronavirus pandemic has once again put the spotlight back on the social media…
Vermin Supreme’s quest to win hearts, minds and the Libertarian primaries
Vermin Supreme has ‘been running for president for over 30 years’. His two most recent bids polled at third and…
The recession we have to have
Mark Twain said history doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes. That goes for a great many of history’s seeming reoccurrences, many…
Coronavirus social restrictions could soon become compulsory
Boris Johnson has taken to calling his Government a ‘wartime’ one because of the fight against coronavirus. If you accept…
Our politicians are only trying to do their best
This is a time for generosity and kindness; a moment for the cutting of slack and the making of allowances.…
How Mao’s medicine made modern China
History repeats itself, said Marx, first as tragedy and then as farce. And when it comes to the world’s latest…
Thank ScoMo and Peter Dutton for our strong border regime
At a time when the world is shutting down everything from international borders to the local under six rugby games,…
Trump’s coronavirus tonic is borrowed from Obama’s economic rescue plan
Coronavirus is having a disastrous effect on the economy and whether Donald Trump likes it or not, the United States…
Danandrewstan: two steps forwards, one step back as energy security matters more than ever
The latest energy policy from the Victorian government is to place a constitutional ban on fracking and coal seam gas exploration but once again permit the…
