Pakistan has jailed one of its last independent journalists
In a cosy Persian restaurant in an Islamabad strip mall, a young man approached Asad Ali Toor for a selfie.…
Can the Tories avoid oblivion?
Another day, another terrible poll for the Tories – the latest YouGov survey records support for the parties at Labour…
It’s time to eliminate the concept of ‘mental health’
The concept of mental health is a hypochondriac’s, narcissist’s, shirker’s and social security fraud’s charter: for who can prove that…
Football obviously has a doping problem
For an astonishing length of time the attitude of football authorities to the prospect of widespread doping at the sport’s…
Mandatory vindication
They were the three words of the week, if not of the year: ‘vaccine’, ‘mandates’ and ‘unlawful’. That was the…
Brown study
Guess what! The Liberal party in Victoria and its leader John Pesutto have actually shown some backbone, principle and commitment…
Power beyond eloquence
It was fascinating to catch up with the Grammys the other night. There was the cheering sight of Miley Cyrus…
Aussie life
In a provincial Victorian city a vast brooding monolith has recently obtruded itself into the ‘built environment’, usurping the church…
Language
As if the sheer horrors of the Hamas attacks on Israel weren’t bad enough, now someone has coined the expression…
Joe Biden’s dog is out of control
I was shocked to read about the behaviour of Joe Biden’s dog, Commander. According to a CNN report based on…
