The unknowns of assisted dying
Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense during the administration of George W. Bush, famously spoke of different kinds of knowns and…
ABC = Anything (but) Biblical Christianity
When it comes to reporting on religion, Julia Baird is a great example of what is wrong with the ABC,…
Howard’s end? The enduring legacy of ‘Lazarus’
With the entrance to The Lodge turning into something of a revolving door since prime minister-elect Rudd bestrode the victory…
No matter the question, government is the answer
Earlier this week Menzies Research Centre boss Nick Cater carried out a skilful dissection of the Northcote by-election in Victoria.…
Yassmin, we’re just not that in to you
Yassmin Abdel-Magied has returned to Australian shores, and it seems she is even more out of touch than when she…
Not another lobbyist
Recently Jim Molan has been best known as Footy Show host Erin Molan’s dad, but that may be about to…
Our Yassmin, right or wrong
I don’t watch “The Project”, or TV generally for that matter, but fortunately News.com.au is here this morning to tell…
The misguided politics of virtue signalling
One of the most amusing ways of seeing how out of touch major parties and leading politicians are with the…
Homophobia AND cultural appropriation?
I know that every man and his dog in business wants to benefit commercially from the “pink dollar” and the…
Turnbull’s energy policy proposals: more steps forward than back?
The Government has now received but not yet released a report into the energy market plans it wants to put in place. …
Nanny, away from my drink
December 1 marks five years since plain packaging laws were introduced in Australia. The aim was to deter people from…
Political refugees seeking asylum
For someone claiming that he has an exclusive hold on the high moral ground regarding ‘love,’ Peter Van Onselen certainly…
Cancel the one way tickets to Victoria
It is a sad reality that perfectly well older Australians are looking into their futures and finding solace in the…
White ribbons of truth
A very important question has, so far, remained unasked in the latest round of Bernardi debate. Furious feminists are seemingly…
A good idea from the Turnbull government
Another day, another idea from the Turnbull government. But at least this time it’s a good one. In an address…
Freedom to discriminate
Now that the country has been surveyed on the question of same-sex marriage, it’s time to turn our attention to…
The problem with charities
The problem with charities is, in a nutshell, like the government and the bureaucracy they are mostly interested in self-perpetuation…
Don’t panic, don’t panic!
If Malcolm Turnbull was a character from Dad’s Army he’d surely be that old smoothie, Sergeant Wilson. He’d consider proceedings…
The West’s unstoppable march toward ‘yes’
The outcome of the same-sex marriage poll is probably one of the least surprising things to have happened this year.…
I’m transgender. Please don’t normalise transgenderism
We don’t normalise having cancer and we don’t normalise medical conditions, yet society is normalising transgenderism, which trivialises my grief…
Britain and its allies are opening the way for yet another Iraq war
After the most intensive street-by-street combat since 1945, Isis’s so-called caliphate is no more. Last weekend, the Iraqi government won…
The Brexit Bill faces 470 amendments on its way through Parliament
Home As the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill faced 470 amendments in its examination by a committee of the whole House,…
Rachel Johnson: The trouble with today’s porn? Older men are terrified by it
Long letter from the High Mistress of St Paul’s Girls’ School, addressing me as ‘Dear Old Paulina’ (I thought we…
If EU nationals are leaving the NHS, why are their numbers going up?
No. 2 iron English Heritage launched a crowdfunding campaign for repairs to Abraham Darby’s 1779 bridge at Ironbridge, Shropshire. This…
Fake news is nothing new — it was de rigeur in ancient Greece
The liberal media is at the moment engaged in a campaign attacking social media on the grounds that it is…
