Flat White
Unnecessary distraction on the Right
We’re weeks away from an election. The economy is floundering, social cohesion is under unprecedented strain, and we’re saddled with…
How long can we cruise?
Australia is like a cyclist who has stopped peddling. We have been travelling for some time ,not under our own…
Nasho 2.0
My late father emigrated from Cyprus as a teenager. Unable to speak English he ended up in Katoomba. Within a…
Trump’s ‘art of the deal’ trumps ‘the science’
Being on the receiving end of a deal with the most powerful person in the world must be quite disarming.…
What does it mean to be an Australian?
As we approach another Federal election, which I believe to be my 25th as a voter, this proud Old Bushy…
Albo’s education funding: a predictable failure in schooling
I shuddered when I read this closing sentence in The Australian: NSW Teachers Federation President Henry Rajendra said the agreement…
Finally, the ‘truly superior moral justification for selfishness’
Mount Arapiles in Victoria offers some of the best climbing in the world; it is what Zermatt is to skiing…
Why free speech is an essential election issue
As the 2025 election is looming – scheduled to be held sometime before Saturday, May 17 – many people have…
Darwin: can we please have our port back?
In 2015, the Northern Territory Country Liberal government, controversially, leased the run-down port of Darwin to Chinese company Landbridge, to…
Healing from the inside out
Gut health, ketogenic diets, insulin resistance, and the weight of the food pyramid
Has the West been ruined by the absence of masculinity?
The Western world is being destroyed by an absence of masculinity. Let me explain. We find ourselves in a situation…
Alfred, the not-so-great
Not all cyclones are created equal
Fixing our civics education crisis
Young people know too little about how our democracy works, and we fail to teach democracy to immigrants. According to…
Can liberalism save the West? Zoomers don’t think so
A new poll by Channel 4 in the United Kingdom found 52 per cent of Generation Z, those of us…
Reflections on CPAC: Trump, triumph and hope
Change is required if we’re to pave the path to prosperity. The promise and prospect of such change was the…
Time for a population policy
Back in 2019, then Prime Minister Scott Morrison, in a foreword to the government report, Planning for Australia’s Future Population…
Ukraine: the cost of peace
The confrontational meeting between President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and President Donald Trump (and Vice-President J D Vance) has dominated…
Misplaced green energy
Why are we always putting green energy assets in all the wrong places? The main electricity demand comes from big…
Labor’s citizenship blitz: a masterclass in misreading migrants
Labor’s recent push to fast-track citizenship ceremonies ahead of the election is yet another spectacular demonstration of their disconnect from…
Canada, Greenland, Panama, Gaza, Ukraine … Australia?
The world is once again at a crossroads. With Donald Trump’s political resurgence and Vladimir Putin’s territorial ambitions, a disturbing…
Australia’s five best and worst public speaking professions
The five top public speaking professions: University lecturers Comedians Newsreaders Broadcasters Actors The five worst professional speakers by profession: Politicians…
Woke West stands with Ukraine, Trump deals with reality
The rules-based world order has been destroyed by the Wokerati. The United Nations, an institution designed to address the shortcomings…
Fallacies about the Ukraine War
I don’t know if I just have a very strong gene for contrarian thinking. Or if years of working as…
A diplomatic dust-up for the ages
With President Donald Trump’s re-election and his well-known views, Europe and Ukraine faced an in-tray from hell. Yet, their shock…
The vanishing American
For the past few weeks, well before the first light of dawn, hundreds of big fishing boats towed behind equally…
