No, local content and TV isn’t dead
Most Australians will have the same reaction to the offer of a free lunch… “What’s the catch?” But when it comes…
Joe Biden could torch Trump
The luck of the Irish was finally with Joseph Biden. Dismissed as a loser by much of the political class,…
What is Michael Bloomberg thinking?
There are lies, damned lies, and data in politics. Everyone presumed a man as well-resourced as Michael Bloomberg had run…
In Massachusetts, Warren fails to pull rabbit from hat
Boston Elizabeth Warren has all the answers, a plan for every disaster and the hectoring manner of a professor whose…
The center holds: Biden thrives on Super Tuesday
Joe Biden doesn’t have the organization that Bernie Sanders has behind him. He doesn’t have the money that Michael Bloomberg…
Media Watch watch
On Monday, Paul Barry on Media Watch covered a new poll by the Institute of Public Affairs released last week. Reported in news.com.au it…
Trump campaign hits the media where it hurts — in court
The Trump campaign named the Washington Post in a libel suit on Tuesday over two articles the paper published last…
The Bureau of Meteorology bombs again
Another summer has come and gone and with it much of the credibility of the Bureau of Meteorology’s climate modelling…
Britain must fight the EU’s nanny state urges
The UK government has given the EU a Brexit deadline of four months. No. 10 is threatening to walk away from the negotiating table…
The Democratic civil war has been a long time coming
Bernie Sanders has had an unlikely ally during the 2020 Democratic nomination race: Donald Trump. The president has repeatedly insisted…
Why the religious freedom bill is bad for business
Last week, the ACTU and the AIG argued the religious discrimination bill would make life harder for businesses. If they’re…
Why I’m voting for Tulsi in Virginia
Four years ago I cast a vote for Bernie Sanders in the Virginia Democratic Primary. It was a triple protest:…
Soon we won’t even be able to use the old bullock dray – the methane emissions
The political madness of Britain committing itself to a net-zero emissions target by 2050 has been highlighted by David van Gend in an excellent…
What could divide the Democrats more than conspiring to stop Bernie?
Perhaps the intense wave of establishment Democratic party consolidation around Joe Biden over the past 48 hours isn’t a concerted…
It’s called legal tender for a reason
The Australian economy has had a rough trot the last twelve months or so: economic growth is slow, unemployment is…
Why did Amy Klobuchar drop out?
Minnesota Nice Wasn’t Enough. Neither were Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s center-left positions and bland presentations. And so, today, she left the…
All aboard the Biden train
Nobody is banking on Mayor Mike any longer. First Mayor Pete, then Sen. Amy Klobuchar, suspended their campaigns, offering a…
The cultural Marxism behind the Mardi Gras glitter
For those who thought Mardi Gras was purely about gay rights, this year’s event was more broadly political than ever,…
What makes Bloomie run?
This article is in The Spectator’s March 2020 US edition. Subscribe here. In that great movie Citizen Kane, Orson Welles makes it…
The beginning of the end for us in Afghanistan – and the beginning of just what?
Not the end, but perhaps the beginning of the end: the United States and the Taliban have signed a preliminary…
Extremist groups? Why didn’t Dutton or ASIO mention Antifa?
It’s not difficult to locate video footage, or testimonials from victims who’ve come face to face with mobs in masks,…
Matt Horton has guts and integrity. Why don’t we have the balls to defend him?
You can’t buy class. You either have it or you don’t. Australian Olympic gold medallist swimmer Matt Horton shows he…
Mayor Pete out
Former South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg is dropping out of the Democratic primary ahead of Super Tuesday, according to Politico.…
Should we trust Joe Biden with the nuclear codes?
It’s Joe Biden’s turn to be president, so let’s give it to him and see if he can remember where…
Peter Dutton, the Twitterati and the(ir) ABC
If you heard a noise on Sunday morning it was the quiet Australians … roaring with laughter. Snowflake brokens…
