Swiss grannies upstage Greta as court rules on climate ‘rights’
There is a mountain of irony in a group of four elderly women in Switzerland being concerned about the threat…
The Conformist – cancel culture and fascism
Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1970 masterpiece, adapted from the 1951 Alberto Moravia novel, is a case study in conformism under a fascist…
Truth Telling, circular arguments, and the wrongful conviction of colonialism
Just when you thought Australians had voted firmly against the Voice to Parliament and its entire grievance baggage, Indigenous Australians…
The cheap renewable thrill of climate protests
On March 13, 2024, Greta Thunberg was dragged away from blocking the Swedish Parliament entrance for a second day. She…
Is the Pope’s moral surrender a sin?
In the Middle East, US President Joe Biden is urging Israel’s surrender to the terrorist Hamas organisation via a ceasefire.…
Extinction of reason: why I detest climate activists
Three climate activists were arrested and charged on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, after parking a large truck across three lanes…
Trump could trump Putin on Ukraine
Vladimir Putin is playing his cards in the Ukraine Invasion Stakes as if he held the trump card. A resolute…
A way out of Net Zero
Dear Peter Dutton, CC Ted O’Brien I’ve been badgering and ridiculing Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen in this…
The Carlson critique
Volodymyr Zelensky – the front-line president (Wilkinson Publishing) Andrew L. Urban & Chris McLeod Our new book (the 2nd on…
West’s moral ground sodden with tears for the guilty
If you want absolute proof that the West is built on Judeo-Christian principles, the unconditional absolving of Hamas after its…
The latest grenade for the Trump-hating media
Analysts in a new study say they can conclude that 28.2 per cent of respondents who voted by mail in…
Misunderstanding ‘excellence’
The Sydney (Patronising) Film Festival has introduced ‘the world’s largest cash prize for Indigenous filmmaking’ at $35,000. My heart sank at…
Hamas’ horrifying summer camp musical
Lights, music, guns! Dozens of school children run out, armed with prop assault weapons enact a choreographed assault against imaginary…
Did they chant ‘Gas the Jews’ or ‘Where’s the Jews!’
The choked, panicked words ‘I shot the prick!’ recorded in an emergency call played at a murder trial would have…
Dare not speak its name
According to recent polling around the consequential caucuses just held, some 80 per cent of Iowa Republicans believe Joe Biden’s…
The village witch-doctor
In some tribal societies, the village witch-doctor claims to have remedies to protect others against maladies and witchcraft. Neither such…
Dear Chris Bowen – a New Year’s letter
Stop enduring those night sweats, Mr Bowen … fear not! CO2 is safe. It’s welcome. I write to you openly…
Why this atheist celebrates Christmas
I believe in Jesus, but I don’t believe in god. I don’t go to church, but I do celebrate Christmas.…
The Bowen Shock in your energy bill
My recent electricity bill was informative but menacing. It had several bits of statistical info, including the variation in consumption…
Bowen should be goin’
It’s still not too late for Australia’s welfare, let’s hope, for the Opposition to call on the Prime Minister to…
Another epidemic of irrationality
I must stop smacking my forehead in disbelief. With that undertaking in mind, I referred back to an article of…
Parable of the apple and the hand grenade
It came to pass one day, an apple and a hand grenade came face to face. I am an apple,…
Wong & Macron (et al) ignorant of Hamas mindset
Calling for Israeli restraint and/or a ceasefire, Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong has joined French President Emanuel Macron in demonstrating…
Human shields to useful corpses?
‘I read the news today…oh boy,’ John Lennon’s lyrics begin (A Day in the Life). The news said: ‘The Ministry…
The high cost of shoehorning Biden into the Presidency
Shoehorning? I’m sure you know what I mean. It is this: I do not believe that Biden’s basement-delivered campaign in…
