Mass debating in public
I’m still having a PTSD episode after watching the entire 90 minutes (or was it 900 minutes?) of the badly misnamed “debate” between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, so you …
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Once, twice, three times a nominee
Over the past few weeks, Donald Trump has been nominated twice for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize: the first time, by a Norwegian “far right” politician, for his role in bringing …
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Free Tibet (Labour)
Whatever happened to “Free Tibet”? With its heyday probably twenty years ago, it used to be a major cause celebre for artists and activists, with bumper stickers adorning countless cars, including – …
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No shots, thanks, we’re Americans
“I would advise you not to take the Russian or the Chinese vaccines,” my GP told me the other day, “I suspect there might have been some shortcuts taken in both …
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Unholy wood: how to deal with catastrophic wildfires
First Australia, in the first months of the year, now the western parts of the United States. Australian wildfires ravaged the forested area equal in size to the state of …
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China does as China is
Call this the Commiebridge Analytica: Tens of thousands of Australians — including celebrities, politicians and journalists — have had their data collected by a company with links to Chinese military …
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Killing them not so softly
The left eventually poisons everything it touches. It might take a while until their presence in a particular field reaches the critical mass sufficient to affect the trajectory but they will …
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The Mystery of African COVID
“New York Post” sets up the mystery: The novel coronavirus has infected more than 26.35 million people, with just four countries accounting for over 15 million cases. They are America, Brazil, …
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