War with Russia won’t be what the West expects
Is war coming our way? The warning last month from Admiral Rob Bauer, the chairman of Nato’s Military Committee, indicates…
Why does the NHS care what Stonewall thinks of it?
One might reasonably assume that NHS employees would consider biological sex to be extremely important. After all, there are huge…
Netflix rides to the rescue for Meghan and Harry – again
After a catastrophic 2023, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have taken some time to regroup and rethink. Now they…
Penny Wong must resign
Every Australian taxpayer now has on their conscience the terrifying prospect that their hard-earned dollars went towards financing the rape,…
Brown study
The ABC certainly has a way with words. But it can also be woefully wide of the mark as it…
Aussie life
It’s no wonder the cost of living is rocketing when the politicians who run our country have little or no…
Language
A headline worth sharing. When King Charles went into hospital to have repair work done on his prostate, Associated Press…
Artists behaving badly
What a weird situation it is that the painter Donald Friend once treasured by Robert Hughes for the lyricism of…
Is writing now changing the world for the worse?
Humanity’s great civilising accomplishment may have slipped the leash. Computer programs and surveillance also involve ‘writing’, potentially making us decreasingly human
