Jaipur Notebook
Did Winston Churchill, like Donald Trump, also like to ‘grab them by the pussy?’ Last week at the Jaipur Literary…
Abandoned to their fate
Another day in northern Nigeria, another Christian village reeling from an attack by the Muslim Fulani herdsmen who used to…
The man from nowhere
Before the horrified gaze of its militants, the French Socialist party — which has been a major force in French…
Surviving Trumpworld
While he was on the campaign trail, Donald Trump was asked an intriguing question by Bob Lonsberry of WHAM 1180…
Victims of hysteria
This week, 49,000 gay men were granted posthumous pardons. Had Harold Macmillan’s government taken notice of this magazine in 1957…
Dumbing down NSW
What do Mary Durack, Christina Stead, A. B. Facey, Xavier Herbert, Les Murray, Thomas Keneally and Clive James have in…
Protest all you like. I won’t listen until you burn
I think on balance I would prefer people to demonstrate their opposition to political developments — Brexit, the forthcoming state…
The ghastly truth
Paul Johnson once wrote that the ability to say ‘really’ in 12 different ways was the birthright of every true…
Rules for loneliness
An old acquaintance died recently. A friend of mine, who was closer to him than I was, rang to tell…
‘Above all else, fun’
Alexander Chancellor’s ‘Long Life’ is over; but it was not nearly long enough. I was feeling rather gloomy last Friday,…
Jaipur Notebook
Did Winston Churchill, like Donald Trump, also like to ‘grab them by the pussy?’ Last week at the Jaipur Literary…
Abandoned to their fate
Another day in northern Nigeria, another Christian village reeling from an attack by the Muslim Fulani herdsmen who used to…
The man from nowhere
Before the horrified gaze of its militants, the French Socialist party — which has been a major force in French…
Surviving Trumpworld
While he was on the campaign trail, Donald Trump was asked an intriguing question by Bob Lonsberry of WHAM 1180…
Renewable energy targets? Just say no
How will you be able to look your grandchildren in the eye and tell them you didn’t do anything about…
The Left aren’t just giving Australia Day the arse…
Last Friday, the University of Western Australia Student Guild voted overwhelmingly in favour of changing the date of Australia Day and proposed to…
Youngstown: Springsteen’s or Trump’s?
Bruce Springsteen offered a sombre and evocative description of the toll taken on the typical rustbelt community by decades of…
A new idea for schools that doesn’t involve more money? Outrageous!
An education policy that doesn’t include lavishing more money on schools? Outrageous! That’s been the common response to the federal…
Wristband paedophilia?
If you’re not wearing the wristband, do you really believe in it? It’s an existentially fascinating question in our age…
Borrowing binge raises the debt roof
Scott Morrison returns to his desk this week with enthusiasm for company tax cuts reinforced by impressions gained from an overseas…
Trump is simply following John Howard over borders
BOSTON, UNITED STATES — The anti-Trump alarmism is getting a bit tiresome. At this point, we have to assume the…
Renewables, 18c and the many paradoxes of Tony Abbott
In his address to the Young Liberals in Adelaide over the weekend, Tony Abbott once again demonstrated how wonderful he is…
Murder by euthanasia: a warning from the Netherlands
Once you create a situation at law where killing of another person is allowed in certain circumstances, not only will…
Trump’s temper might just make him a great president
The hope of last resort amongst the chattering classes was that having won the election, Donald Trump would relax into…
A wake-up call for Parliament
Parliament is the cockpit of the nation, but MPs have been on autopilot rather a lot in the past 40-odd…
