A hostile media helps Donald Trump
The news media of the late 1700s and early 1800s consisted almost entirely of partisan political operations. Ron Chernow, the biographer…
Bernie devours Warren
Just four months ago, Elizabeth Warren seemed to poised to storm the Democratic nomination. In the first days of October,…
Why Huawei may be allowed in the UK 5G network
Brandon Lewis, the security minister, is something of a genius at winsomely saying next to nothing. Even so I emerged…
How to keep our values in the face of China’s challenge
Australia and New Zealand face a geopolitical predicament as a consequence of China’s rise. How do we preserve our Western…
Forget climate change and bushfires, Malcolm. What about your memory?
So the miserable ghost has been off rattling his chains yet again, this time to the BBC. He’s worried about…
The backlash builds against Yassmin Abdel-Magied’s taxpayer grant
Not everyone is delighted at the news that Yassmin Abdel-Magied has been awarded a $20,000 taxpayer-funded cash grant and residency…
Dershowitz: if Bolton testifies, so should Hunter Biden
The first day of impeachment hearings, and everyone has questions. I’m as confused as anyone else. So I phoned Alan…
Blunderbuss Bridget’s boondoggle blasts back
Once the Bridget McKenzie grant approval story broke a week ago, it was never going to go away. The revelation…
Was this journalist sacked for saying ‘sex is binary’?
I write a lot about transgenderism. I do so for several reasons. Among them: because politicians still aren’t doing their…
British universities are a modern-day racket
One of the great myths of Scottish higher education is that it’s free. Outside observers can be forgiven for making…
Is ‘Mini Mike’ a growing threat to Trump?
Should Bernie Sanders become the Democratic presidential nominee, expect the media to overuse these sprightly English expressions: ‘between a rock…
How activists and media made a tourism industry firestorm
Where the bloody hell are you? Not in Australia apparently. While no official figures are available yet, anecdotal evidence from…
Hillary Clinton tells the truth
After all the fakery of the 2016 election, the hot sauce in her bag, the ‘chillin’ in Cedar Rapids’, Hillary…
Bernie Sanders doesn’t want to win
Why is Bernie Sanders running for president? The 70-some-year-old pop culture curmudgeon has gone through all the motions of showing…
Ten reasons to stand tall on Australia Day – 10 reasons and one extra
As another Australia Day approaches and the inevitable wagons of shame begin to circle, it’s worth touching on the things…
Donald at Davos: Trump teaches a lesson to the crybabies back home
It’s actually sort of cute, at least from a distance. There the Democrats are, playing on their hobbyhorses with all…
Shinzo Abe’s luck is finally running out
The Japanese are fond of poeticising the fleeting beauty of the cherry blossom season, which no sooner reaches its full…
Climate change isn’t responsible for Australia’s hailstorms
It was pretty inevitable that once rain finally started to fall in South Eastern Australia, extinguishing some of the bushfires…
The sad death of the Femocrats
Their blazers are bright, but their futures are not. Elite women Democrats have faced a brutal reckoning over the past…
What would Orwell have made of Trump?
As far as we know, George Orwell never visited America. This is a great pity. What a joy it would…
How opponents of vaping aid and abet Big Tobacco
Many opponents of vaping think the practice is a big tobacco conspiracy to keep people smoking and hook more kids.…
Bushfire inquiry No. 58, pre-empted
Politicians hide behind enquiries – their magic answer to all problems, especially bushfires. Announcing enquiries give the impression of decisive…
How good are Canberra hailstorms?
Forget the weird weather. What about this week’s weird politics? Yesterday morning, the Prime Minister did an “I’m in charge”…
The Senate impeachment trial is all about November
The single most important thing to understand about the Senate impeachment trial is that it is all for show, meant…
In Apprentice-Style Special, New York Times Endorses Trump for President
In the New York Times’s latest self-centered Hulu special, the op-ed board invited Democratic primary candidate after candidate into their lavish…
