Ghostbusters
Last week the miserable ghost of Malcolm Turnbull put in an apparition at the Friends of Wolper Jewish Hospital. Presumably…
Lefty lawyers, Part 2
Last week I noted that the lawyers of today, as a class, are a lot more left-leaning and politically correct…
Shakespeare in Love
For centuries plays have been derived from novels, myths and legends but only recently have we become used to plays…
Naidoc’s ‘themes’
It’s Naidoc Week, which is, quote, ‘a time for all Australians to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of all…
Vengeful pygmies
It says almost everything that needs to be said about Niki Savva’s latest book that its original title was Highway…
Abolish the arts degree (and start again)
In addition to my full-time job as a commercial journalist, I sometimes teach English to high school students, usually in…
Dis-con notes
Watching and hoping, Mr Morrison With our post-election parliament finally operative, what can we now expect from the new…
Australian Letters
Turnbull and the Prez Sir: Peta Credlin (‘Turnbull, the G-G, Porter and Dutton’, July 6) writes an incisive article on…
Boris Johnson struggles through interview with Andrew Neil
Boris Johnson just faced by far his toughest interview of the campaign. He was pressed hard on Brexit, Kim Darroch’s…
Full transcript: Boris Johnson grilled by Andrew Neil
AN: Boris Johnson, we’re going to talk a lot about policy, but I first want to talk about you, because…
Tommy Robinson is no martyr. Here’s how to stop him becoming one
We might not care for Stephen Yaxley-Lennon but we should care very much about what happens to him in prison…
Journalism is not a crime – but it’s not above the law, either
If any further evidence is required to demonstrate the complete lack of self-reflection and wayward moral compass of the ABC,…
Who will clean up America’s voter rolls?
Los Angeles County has too many voters. An estimated 1.6 million, according to the latest calculations – which is roughly…
Constitutional recognition? Cathartic for conservatives, a gift for GULAG
Brother Number One of the Canberra Cadre writes: Why does GULAG need to win elections when SM’s team does all…
Health care ‘apartheid’
The proposal to launch Australia’s first Indigenous-only hospital raises a number of questions and is problematic on a number of…
Epstein and Clinton: a tale of two searches
I have written about the scumbag Jeffrey Epstein before; in any case, he’s all over the news again so you…
What the world needs now is love, sweet love: ScoMo
In a speech to the Hillsong church in Sydney on Wednesday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison riffed intriguingly on the power…
Farming, fibs and Four Corners
From little things, big things grow. And so, for the 60 odd years until the nineteen-nineties, we saw the land…
The moment the European project first went wrong
At a time when the EU is at its least popular and, worse still, least respected, it is worth reflecting…
Their ABC: tax cuts cause crime
Over the past few years, it’s been clear that despite all the public noise peace terms of a kind have…
Queensland: trying to ban itself into good health
The Queensland government has announced it will ban junk food advertising at government-owned sites such as train stations and bus…
What’s Rugby Australia got to say on the Qur’an?
When Israel Folau is asked to swear on the Bible before he gives evidence in the High Court, will someone…
Ross Perot was the populist who betrayed populism
Ross Perot, who has just died at age 89, is wrongly remembered as the man who cost George H.W. Bush…
The court of Boris Johnson: the factions competing for approval
How will Boris Johnson govern? With even Jeremy Hunt allies privately braced for defeat in two weeks’ time when the…
A tale of lingerie and liberation
A case of persecution, followed by a period of down-and-out, but now with a happy ending: Negzzia, 29, has been…
