Lawyers and law schools
Among a certain, shall we say more mature, segment of the population there is a lingering sense that lawyers as…
Legislating free speech
What is happening to Israel Folau should not happen in a free society. GoFundMe’s hypocritical decision to shut down a…
The Thuringian flagellants and the green gluers
Those young men and women who have taken to gluing themselves to walls and roads in order to save the…
American notes
Impeach Trump! (yawn) I suppose it is necessary to say – again – that it is not necessary to like…
Demography is destiny
When Sky News asked Australian Labor MP Anne Aly why she opposed the Coalition’s tax cut plan, she cited ‘the…
Brett Whiteley (1939-1992) Self portrait in the studio 1976
Painters and opera go together. Connected by passion and big gestures, it is not surprising that composers are drawn to…
All aboard the anti-Catholic bandwagon
Driven by spite and ideology masquerading as a concern for ‘justice’, the anti-Catholic bandwagon rumbles on, unimpeded by the fall-off…
From Folau to 18C
‘Folau has criticised not only those who are homosexual, but drunkards, thieves, atheists, fornicators, adulterers and so on. So he’s…
Marianne Williamson put a spell on me
Of all the low-profile candidates vying for national attention in the Democratic debates this week, Marianne Williamson stood out. In…
Harris’s premeditated potshot won’t come close to sinking Biden
Joe Biden ran two presidential campaigns alongside Barack Obama and served as vice president for eight years, yet his decades-old…
The Democrats are too fake for 2020
Joe Biden bled last night. Kamala Harris slashed him to ribbons over his opposition to busing and his kind words…
Brexit party MEP Claire Fox shows solidarity with Boris
Tom Penn and Eve Leigh, the next-door Remainer neighbours of Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds who recorded their late-night row,…
One of Izzy’s silent supporters speaks: don’t shoot before you think
I’m sure it has happened to all of us, at least once in our lives. You remember that time you…
Joe Biden starts strong but fizzles out in the Democratic debate
Day 2 of the Democratic presidential debates was a touch feistier than day 1, likely because the heavy hitters shared…
The Clover Moore catastrophe
Clover Moore’s Sydney, with its Climate Emergency clarion call, is far from the first city to adopt the zero-emissions-by-2050 mantra. …
Tourist guide: North Korea’s a joke, but a joke that can kill you
Like many Australians, I have feared the worst after hearing of the disappearance of Alex Sigley, Australian student and tour…
Will Trump enter the hypersonic nuclear arms race?
The Pentagon is urgently reviewing just how and when the president might launch nuclear missiles as a dangerous new nuclear…
More evidence plain packaging has failed (unless you’re out to hurt the poor)
Recent studies are sending the premise of plain packaging up in smoke. Plain packaging does not actually reduce cigarette consumption.…
Boris’s campaign is a triumph
Forget what you’ve been told about the Conservative leadership campaign. The Boris campaign’s weekend meltdown has not lost him the election. And…
Can teachers be trusted to teach about sex and relationships?
According to the Education Secretary Damian Hinds, ‘every child must learn about gay relationships before leaving school’. Under plans drawn…
Prince Charles’ irresponsible support for homeopathy
You might have thought that many of the world’s scientists and doctors had come to an unequivocal decision on homeopathy:…
Will the next prime minister betray Hong Kong again?
For many years, a framed cover of The Spectator looked down, like a silent reproach, on the drinkers in the…
Snowflake latest: Sydney University is irreparably racist and must be abolished. Or something similar, anway
At the University of Sydney we can see what happens when students are no longer taught our history. When the…
The public’s fury at being told what to do and think has exploded with the Folau fiasco
Trust the perennially sanctimonious Kerryn Phelps to capture in a couple of sentences why the Israel Folau saga has resonated…
Beto O’Rourke is the big loser in the Democratic debate
Notepads out, pencils in-hand, and water at the ready, a pack of Democratic presidential candidates did battle last night in…
