Would it have happened to a Muslim?
Well, as it happened, it happened in the ACT, that fiefdom of Green-Labor political power where the deluded are led…
Sorry ladies, but there’s only one Ashes
Popping up in my Facebook feed are the latest Cricket Australia ads promoting something called the ‘Magellan Men’s Ashes’. It…
I support same-sex marriage, so I’m not voting in the plebiscite
I am a supporter of same-sex marriage. When viewed from a libertarian perspective there’s little question in it. In fact,…
Another stinker from The Age
Another day, another reminder of just how unutterably God-awful Fairfax media has become. Today, in between the wall to wall…
Liberal or progressive? You can’t be both
In the aftermath of the British election Liberal Democrats leader Tim Farron was forced to resign because of his Christian…
Pot meet kettle: Hanson-Young to Hanson ‘You’re a loony’
We all know that Q&A is as biased as a Greenland winter day is long. However, credit to Sarah Hanson-Young for really putting in…
Dutch euthanasia group confirms elder abuse – but doesn’t seem to care
The Dutch legalised both euthanasia and assisted suicide in 2002. The data shows an overwhelming preference for euthanasia. In 2015,…
Donald the Democrat?
BOSTON, UNITED STATES — No one’s surprised or disappointed that Trump reneged on his promise to deport illegal immigrants who…
Welcome to our new authoritarian ‘tolerance’
If you ever wondered what life would look like under a Rainbow Regime, then just consider the following. Two years…
Escaping the renewable energy subsidy trap
An endgame is now underway in the renewable energy scam that has been responsible for destroying the nation’s electricity industry…
Dangerous days for liberty
If the most vocal advocates of same-sex marriage believe their own rhetoric then they cannot in good conscience defend the…
Time to abandon our screen dreams
In 2015-2016, Screen Australia, the government body for films ran up $110 million in total expenses while only producing $10…
The sound of no hands clapping
‘We’re going to live for ever!’ declares Robert Powell as Gustav Mahler at the end of Ken Russell’s 1974 biopic.…
Ave, Maria
Anyone who thinks that an artist’s life is irrelevant to their artistic achievement, and for that matter anyone who thinks…
Theresa May’s phoney war
Next month, Theresa May is expected to launch her long-awaited audit into racial disparities in public services. We are being…
Our browbeaten universities
Are university vice-chancellors paid too much? The government clearly thinks so, and is planning to fine universities that can’t justify…
Decision breakers
‘The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision,’ said Maimonides. How right he was. Today,…
The straight dope
It’s not easy to get hold of Ángel Hernández, the legendary Mexican chemist who for a decade provided illicit performance-enhancing…
Watergate
Enough has been written about a Conservative government that knows its electoral success depends on Britain remaining a property-owning democracy,…
Ya Allah!
Last month Luigi Brugnaro, the mayor of Venice, warned that anyone who yelled Allahu Akbar (‘God is the greatest’) in…
Dover
When people come to Dover, it’s usually to pass through. The magnificent castle on the cliffs may be a tourist…
Watching the clock
In Competition No. 3015 you were invited to submit a poem about Big Ben’s bongs. The decision to remove…
Dear Mary
Q. My partner and I recently had two close friends — one a Peer, the other a former Member of the…
A game of cat-and-mouse
All Involved, Ryan Gattis’s breakout novel about the LA riots of 1992, was an absolute blast. Ballsy, vivid and immersive,…
True grit
As literary editor of the Sunday Times in the early 1980s, when the rest of the editorial staff routinely papered…
