The Nanny State’s deepest, darkest secret – exposed
In perhaps one of the greatest ironies of modern Australia, we love to talk about how much we despise the…
Trump is Joe Biden’s best campaign aide
They warn generals not to fight the last war. The same admonition might apply to presidential races. Donald Trump was out on the White…
Gove, Javid and the point of a backstory
Michael Gove’s launch was, easily, the strongest of any candidate yesterday and he deserves the plaudits he’s getting now. Even…
Killing works: just look at what it did for my career
American social commentator Dennis Prager nailed it when he said this: “Good societies can survive people doing immoral things. But a…
More Gore guff and another wasted week of climate wars
Another week, another round of posturing from the virtue signallers on the climate wars. Pity their attacks on hydrocarbon fuels…
Facebook, that Christianity conference, and what happened next
When I decided to post a Facebook notice about our major legal conference that addresses the rising tide of anti-Christian…
How dare the law disrupt leftist media agendas?
Last week’s raids by the Australian Federal Police on the ABC in response to that media organisations illegal airing of…
The walk-off songs 2020 Democrats should be using
A dizzying array of Democratic presidential candidates — 19 in total — took the stage this weekend at the Iowa…
Happy Men’s Mental Health Week, discarded Dads
My early years as a counsellor taught me the ‘how does that make you feel’ style of therapy I’d learnt…
Cassidy’s cheerio reveals the groupthink luvvieland that is the ABC’s Insiders
For political groupies, Barrie Cassidy’s last episode of Insiders on the ABC was reason to look both backwards and forwards.…
Ground Control to Major Jane
She’s out of her mind. She’s off the planet. There’s nothing more ridiculous than when a Nor Shor leftie accepts…
Hunt gains momentum over Gove ahead of crunch week
Which two candidates will make the final two of the Tory leadership contest? At the moment, the race is Boris…
How the Parliamentary stage of the Tory leadership contest works
This week, the Conservative leadership content enters the Parliamentary stage. The various contenders – at the time of writing there…
Jim Molan’s the only man for the NSW Senate vacancy
NSW Liberal Senator Major General Jim Molan, in an unwinnable slot on the state party’s ticket, has received a record…
Bring on the Barty party
It’s 1.51 am Melbourne time and Ashleigh Barty has just made history — winning the French Open and bringing home…
Could the Tory leadership race end early?
The Tory leadership is fast becoming Boris Johnson’s to lose, I say in The Sun this morning. He has more…
Michael Gove’s cocaine blues
The Tory leadership race has taken on a new turn this weekend with the Daily Mail splashing on Michael Gove’s…
Playing chicken: Trade deals with the US will make Britain stronger
Why is it that free trade, which almost everyone agrees is good when conducted with other European countries, suddenly becomes…
Portrait of the week: Trump visits, Change UK crumbles and a row over Tiananmen Square
Home President Donald Trump of the United States made a state visit to the United Kingdom, avoiding protesters by arriving…
Everything under the sun: The glory of garden centres
Don’t you just love garden centres? You have to be mad to go on a sunny Sunday morning in the…
Boris Johnson may have found an advocate in ancient Greece
Boris Johnson is to be tried at the Crown Court on the grounds that, during the 2016 Brexit referendum campaign,…
What are the perks of being Jean-Claude Juncker?
Juncker’s perks The European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker complained that he doesn’t have an official residence, unlike the ambassadors who…
Letters: Vote Gove, get Corbyn
Trump and Brexit Sir: Your leading article (‘The Trump card’, 1 June) states that ‘May’s successor should seek to capitalise…
My profoundly impractical, unquenchably generous, thoroughly benevolent father
My father Richard, who died last month aged 88, was a profoundly impractical man. He could not drive a car,…
The race for the Tory leadership is as fractured as it is crowded
The remarkable thing about the Tory leadership election is how long it has been coming. When Theresa May blew the…
