Saying sorry to the Aztecs
Mexico’s new socialist president, having solved all the economic and social issues that plague his semi-failed narcostate, is now in the business of re-litigating the past: Spain’s government has refused a …
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Why I will keep using the term “cultural Marxism”
It’s not a good week for Brexiters: A former Brexit minister and current Conservative MP has been criticised by Britain’s leading Jewish group, and anti-racism campaigners, for using an “anti-Semitic …
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Sully versus Hollywood
Act 1 The scene: “A Day of Unreasonable Conversation is a new annual event that aims to connect writers and content creators with activists, non-profits and thinkers with ties to …
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Tolerating your freedoms
One perhaps should not make too much out of remarks of one public official, no matter how senior – and yet, I have this nagging feeling that what he is …
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Britain finally cares about the religion of peace
No, not that one – the other one. Granted, this seems to be the work of one rogue bureaucrat – or perhaps that’s what it’s being portrayed as now the …
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The End of the Caliphate
It seems to be over: The caliphate has crumbled, and the final offensive is over. While the official announcement hasn’t yet been made – Fox News has been told that …
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Ignoring the war on Christians – media bias or merely news as usual?
Zero Hedge reprints a blog post by Michael Snyder at The End of the American Dream titled “Why Does The Mainstream Media Purposely Ignore Mass Killings Of Christians Across The …
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Talking Turkey
“The Washington Post” thinks that “democracy dies in darkness”, but in Turkey it has been under a slow and steady assault by the ruling party in broad daylight for the …
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Gals Against Humanity
As part of the usual spray directed at the conservative half of Australia, “refugee, racial justice, Palestine campaigner” Sarah Saleh observes about Tony Abbott His existence altogether is offensive. “There is a …
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The Unbearable Whiteness of Being
(The title with apologies to Milan Kundera who is probably spinning in his grave, seeing how the Western left has been culturally appropriating the (former) Eastern left’s strategies and tactics.) …
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Polish Ripper
They always find ways to blame the migrant: Jack the Ripper who stalked London more than 130 years ago was a demon barber with a taste for human flesh, according …
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Never let a crisis go to waste
One of the consequences of the terrorist attack on Christchurch mosques will be an reinvigorated effort by the left to silence and censor speech and debate on topics they consider …
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The evil that men do
Terrible news from Christchurch in New Zealand, with (at this moment) 49 Muslim worshipers at Friday prayers in two mosques gunned down in a well organised terrorist attack that was …
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Climate strike? How about nuclear first strike?
Another day, another mass walk-out from schools around the world, including throughout Australia, by children protesting about their elders’ inaction in the face of a climatic calamity that’s set to …
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The case for love socialism
A friend of mine on Facebook has indirectly turned my attention to this Medium piece from a few years back, which summarises the results of a not very scientific but …
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Red stars in their eyes
Irony is still not dead, despite never-ending attempts on its life – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continues to slag off capitalism at an event to which tickets cost between US$1325 and $1650: …
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Australia’s Hindenburg
The ex-PM Malcolm Turnbull is Australia’s Hindenburg. No, not the Zeppelin air ship whose fiery destruction provided one of the most iconic images of the intrawar years – though some …
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ABC Barbie
Congratulations to Australian living legend Ita Buttrose (I only just realised what an otherwise unfortunate surname that is – I can only hope that it’s not, and will never be, …
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Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the least tolerant of them all?
A fascinating map and a fascinated study published in “The Atlantic” magazine. You can always quibble with the methodology, but for what it’s worth: We might expect some groups to …
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