SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY – I don’t carry any water for Lauren Southern as I’m not a big fan of social media celebrity controversialists a la Milo, whether of the alt or …
PITY THE “THEYBIES” – NBC News discovers a new trend: Shhhhhh, I’ll let you in on a little secret: you can’t keep a biological sex secret. The madness: Three-year-old twins …
THE SPY WHO SEXTED ME – This story has all my favourite ingredients: a Playboy model, online romance, Russians, espionage, hacking, FBI, Donald Trump: A former Playboy model and Bond …
HUNGARY’S GOT THE WORST ANTI-SEMITES – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives for a controversial visit to Israel on Wednesday as he and his counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu find common cause …
DEMOCRATS WITHOUT BORDERS – No, it’s not a new charity: Democratic Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison, the deputy chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), claimed on Wednesday that America’s national …
MONDAY I GOT RUSSIA ON MY MIND – Did anyone else try to interfere with the election? Who knows: In a heated House Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday investigating charges of …
PEW MAKES A STARTLING DISCOVERY ABOUT POPULISM – What would we do without polling organisations? Nationalist populism has become a major force in European politics. But while such populism has …
WHITE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT – Colonialism – is there anything it can’t do? A new taxpayer-funded report that claims domestic violence against indigenous women and children is caused …
ZUCK AND THE HOLOCAUST – Mark Zuckerberg is under attack for saying in an interview that Facebook won’t censor Holocaust denial: Mark Zuckerberg defended the rights of Facebook users to publish …
WHY SOME PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE CHILDREN, PART 568 – Another child is born, another English professor despairs: I cried two times when my daughter was born. First for joy, …
PROBABLY THE BEST THING YOU WILL READ ON TRUMP AND PUTIN – From Tom Stanley in “The Daily Telegraph” (but in the SMH for free) – among many quotable parts: …
$247,000,000,000,000 – Robert Samuelson at the WaPo: The untold story of the world economy — so far at least — is the potentially explosive interaction between the spreading trade war …
DEAR DONALD, JUST STFU – This is pretty outrageous: Our relationship with Russia has NEVER been worse thanks to many years of U.S. foolishness and stupidity and now, the Rigged …
IT’S OK TO BE BUT IT’S NOT A MATTER OF PRIDE – 23-year old Canadian alt-right celebrity (now that’s something) Lauren Southern has arrived in Australia wearing an “It’s OK …
THE GREAT RETIREMENT ROBBERY – The golden years will be nicer for some than for the majority: For two decades the superannuation industry has extracted more than $700 billion in …
THE SOCCER HOTTIE BAN – Maybe they can wear burqas instead: FIFA is cracking down on broadcasters targeting “hot women” at World Cup matches in a push to tackle sexism …
THE REVERSE COWBOY – Another university mascot can’t get any love: When you think of hotbeds of progressive activism, the University of Wyoming probably does not appear on your list. …
THEY DIDN’T ELECT A DIPLOMAT, DID THEY? – No surprises here; we all knew what Trump’s style is like all along. Donald Trump today accuses the PM of wrecking Brexit …
SUPERMAN APOLOGISES FOR TELLING THE TRUTH – Social media outrage is kryptonite: Henry Cavill has apologised amid backlash over his comments about being too afraid to flirt with women due to …
NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES – Some probably don’t wear very much at all – tip your hats to this entrepreneurial Spaniard: A Spanish public servant who skipped work for a …