Trump is not talking like a US leader
Donald Trump’s latest remarks on Ukraine are not just factually flawed but dangerously misleading. His claim that Ukraine ‘talked’ the…
Be more resilient…?
My friend – a Canadian who had the gall to move back to Canada – asked me, ‘Lizzie, why are…
Power speaking truth to irrelevance
In his historic speech at the Munich Security Conference, JD Vance told European leaders not to shut down opinions with…
The case for moving SOUTHCOM back to Panama
The recent American interest in the Panama Canal is grounded and rational — contrary to media characterizations of the renewed focus…
Bullock buckles
This week’s fraudulent interest rate cut is as good a portent as any for what to expect in the forthcoming…
Australian notes
Australia has some beautiful buildings. Some of the most beautiful are in the Gothic Revival style, such as William Wardell’s…
Knowing how to cast
Simone Young conducted Mahler’s Third at the Opera House on Wednesday 19 February and with its dense lyricism, its lush…
Aussie life
If you’ve ever suspected that left-wing crusaders are whingers with a chip on their shoulder and a negative outlook on…
Language
‘Palindrome’ has been part of the English language since 1636 and means (as you know) a word or phrase that…
How to get your husband to do the vacuuming
This column nearly didn’t happen. Just as I sat down to write, disaster! My dishwasher lost its connection to the…
Dear Mary: How do I get my friend’s wife to keep her distance?
Q. Every year my husband takes two weeks’ prime salmon fishing on a Scottish river. It’s a really nice holiday…
RFK Jr and the curious birth of ‘brainchild’
‘No, RFK didn’t have a tapeworm eating his brain,’ declared my husband in the rare tone he adopts when he…
How to ski when you can’t ski
I was 30 when I first went skiing, and up for absolutely anything. I was a successful party caterer who…
The new Civ is gorgeous and richly rewarding
Grade: A- It has been nearly ten years since addicts of the empire-building simulator Civilization – or Civ, as players…
