Flat White
Woke is trapped in political limbo
La Rochefoucauld was one of the great satirists in literature. His Maximes, written in the 17th Century, secured his place…
Bowen’s sabotage
A bloke called Arthur from Camp Mountain, a community of less that 1,500 people some 20kms northwest of Brisbane, has…
Australia first!
Mr Dutton, take note: the silent majority is waiting for a visionary leader
What has the WHO contributed to global health?
Along with many other Woke organisations, the World Health Organisation will have its swamp drained by the new US President,…
Patriotism is back from the dead – and young Australians revived it
Youth. The innocence yet fearlessness of youth. We’ve all been there. Being completely humbled by a plain-speaking toddler, or squirming…
Australia is a shared history, not a conflict
Was Australia ‘invaded’ by the British? I previously answered this question in detail in a previous article here. However, the…
Mateship is nothing to cringe about
They say if you’re stopped on the side of the Birdsville Track, you’ll know when a car coming past is…
Trump unshackles Australia Day
Great things happened this week. Donald Trump multitasked his way into office as the liberator of Western culture, and The…
Hold the line for Australia Day
As with so much of the rest of the Western world, Australians are demanded to ‘reflect, respect, and celebrate’ on…
A ferry tale
Attempting to sell one of my ‘world’s best ferry designs’ in the 1990s to a local but prominent ferry company,…
Rescuing manners from the Woke swamp
I’m walking down the street on a weekday morning, heading for the shops to do some banking and check the…
The Trump non-effect: Dutton stays in Paris, squibs gender question
The ‘Trump effect’ has had little effect on Peter Dutton. Families will continue to pay the Paris premium on their…
America is back, baby!
And that should have every Australian excited
Flu vaccine mandates
A deeper look at efficacy, viral interference, and the influence of corporate interests
Dutton’s omissions matter
On Sunday, 12 January 2025, Australia’s Federal Opposition Leader, Peter Dutton, in a widely reported speech, made a compelling case…
What lies next for the Middle Kingdom?
Many mistook the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) tightening of what many believe to be an iron grip on Hong Kong…
The dawn of Trump, the triumph of liberty
I’m not sure if you were up as early as I was, but the United States of America has a…
The wisdom of Pelosi, Obama (and Clinton)
How to select a presidential candidate, Democrat-style
Biden’s tragic theatre: the legacy of a puppet president
There is a terrible fear that Joe Biden’s presidential term has been little more than a performance – a bad…
Nuclear energy to take centre stage at Davos
For decades, nuclear energy has been relegated to the sidelines of the global debate on climate change and clean energy.…
Israel and the reshaping of the Middle East
Fifteen months of attacks by Iran’s axis of resistance on Israel have proved to be a staggering strategic misjudgement that…
Is this the end of Australia Day politics?
The battle of the vernacular and the political narratives around Australia Day finally seem to be reaching an exhausted truce.…
JD Vance is the best succession plan for Australia
I read JD Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy years before he was popular. In fact, I bought his book while I was…
Social justice has a toxic subculture
As the war between Israel and Hamas moves toward a potential ceasefire, one might expect calls for calm and relief…
Australia was not invaded
Was Australia invaded by Britain on January 26, 1788? For a growing number of people, our national holiday, which marks…
