Trump’s massive shadow cabinet
If President Trump secures re-election next fall — a prospect growing less likely by the day — it won’t be…
In praise of the bands that said no to Greta Thunberg
My faith in rock music has been temporarily restored. According to the manager of The 1975, the execrable essay/song that…
Hong Kong protesters are following the wrong script
What do you call a global hub without an airport? Hong Kong. No other city can lay claim to this…
A US trade deal is good news for Britain
Now that America is offering a trade deal – or as John Boulton says, a series of mini deals – can…
It’s time David Cameron returned to fix his Brexit mess
In private moments of exasperation with rebellious Tory MPs, prime minister David Cameron used to complain that “too many of…
How the tech elites ignore ethics in the name of progress
Elon Musk, at his Neuralink presentation, claimed that his human-computer interfaces have allowed rats and monkeys to directly control a…
Why everyone should visit a mine
If I were a state education minister I would make it a compulsory part of a high school curriculum for…
Is it illegal to mock this drug dealer’s haircut?
Is it a crime to mock a criminal’s unfortunate hairstyle? Police in South Wales seem to think so. Last week, Gwent Police…
Corporate speak
ASIC is telling us corporates to employ psychologists to get inside the head of our CEOs and Boards and understand…
It’s the arts
It’s the arts. From The Age: Next month, Melburnians will have the chance to experience one of the city’s most…
Gillette’s gone because truth wins in the end
Gillette CEO Gary Coombe tried to keep a straight face last week when saying that backlash to their “toxic masculinity”…
GULAG says: you go, Gladys!
The non-cis-gendered Individual Number One of the Canberra Cadre writes: Yet again CBD is heartened by to see the hard…
Hong Kong protesters are making things easy for China
The world is watching Beijing as it watches Hong Kong. There are nervous expectations that troops will be deployed in…
Playing Middlesex just got a whole new meaning…
In affectionate remembrance of Australian Cricket which died today on the 8th of August 2019 with the announcement of Cricket…
The stupidity of (all) identity politics
Actress Rosanna Arquette is in the news for tweeting the other day “I’m sorry I was born white and privileged. It disgusts me.…
How renewable energy makes power cuts more likely
At 16 minutes past four on Friday a press officer at National Grid put out a tweet which seemed to…
Donald Trump isn’t to blame for America’s mass shootings
The BBC’s flagship news and current affairs programme wasn’t in any doubt about who to blame for America’s latest bout…
With interest rates crashing, Boris is in luck – he can borrow his way out of any Brexit crisis
Is Boris Johnson the luckiest prime minister ever? This week, the Government can borrow money for ten years at 0.48…
Daughter slaughter
Exactly twenty-five years ago, August 1994, Australia’s leading practitioner of late-term abortion gave a lecture at Monash University on ‘Abortion…
Trade deals can destroy native industries – but they still boost wealth creation
Comments by the former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers this week, claiming that Britain will come off poorly in negotiations…
Portrait of the week: US shootings, a dam emergency and a rubbish straw policy at McDonald’s
Home If the government lost a confidence motion when parliament sits again in September, it could call an election for…
Jacob Rees-Mogg: I’m prejudiced against the Oxford comma
It is rare that losing a day at Lord’s for a Test match is welcome. I had expected to be…
Dams, lives and statistics: the worst dam collapses in Britain
Dams, lives and statistics The town of Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire, was evacuated after heavy rainfall caused the partial collapse of…
How Athenians would have broken the Brexit deadlock
It is said that our political system is ‘broken’ simply because the passions aroused by Brexit have effectively created a…
Letters: Donkeys are the latest victims of China’s gross cruelty to animals
We don’t cut God Sir: The Revd Dr Peter Mullen suggests (Letters, 3 August) that Boris Johnson told him my…
