Racist eyes have it
When people say that members of other races all look the same to them, are they just being lazily racist or is there some truth behind the observation? Commonly referred …
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PiS pisses off progs as Poles go to the polls
The 12 things to note about Sunday’s parliamentary election in Poland: 1. It’s status quo, with the populist/nationalist/conservative PiS (Prawo i Sprawiedliwosc, or Law and Justice) government getting reelected. 2. …
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How dare he!
It seems like Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali stole even more of Greta Thunberg’s childhood by winning this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, beating the 16-year old Swedish Apocalyptic who seemed …
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Let sport be sport
At least until recently, sport used to be one of the last institutions that could transcend all the divisions in society. People from all walks of life, of all ages, …
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Pardoning Turkey for Thanksgiving
Donald Trump is withdrawing the American troops from northern Syria, where they had previously fought against ISIS and subsequently acted as a trip wire against a major Turkish attack on …
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Implementing Greta
I have written before about the actual policy proposals supported by Greta Thunberg and the Global Climate Strike initiative, which they see as necessary in order to “save the planet”. …
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Religion, but not as you know it
A few weeks ago I wrote a longish blog post arguing that for many people in the developed world environmentalism has become a religion, filling up the gap in spirituality left …
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The mystery of Australian banknotes
As we are completing more and more transactions with credit cards, online banking or payments, and increasingly apps, cash loses its place in our wallets and our lives. For young …
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The Great Australian Nothingburger
The hills are alive with the sound of shrieking (because it’s a day ending with -day) from the Democrats and their PR wing in the mainstream media, with the new …
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China – not quite 70 for 70
People’s Republic of China is today celebrating 70 years of existence. On this day in 1949, Mao Zedong proclaimed the founding of the new state at the Tiananmen Square in …
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Before there was Trump, there was Joe McCarthy
I’ve been reading M Stanton Evans’s excellent and scholarly “Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America’s Enemies” (published some 12 years ago) …
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It’s always about redistribution
Yawn. Reliable, like clockwork: The UN has called for a global “green new deal” and overhaul of the world’s financial order to tackle climate change and deliver on its Agenda …
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Fake news – not just an American problem
Earlier this week, Conservative Polish President, Andrzej Duda, took time during his visit to the United Nations to meet with a group of Jewish leaders – resulting in a story titled …
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European values for thee but not for mee
And now for some light amusement amidst this week of controversy and crisis, let’s cross live to the European Union, where an important battle is taking place over what’s in a …
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Why the children’s crusades
Question asked: Does anyone else find it strange that the allegedly scientific "climate change" movement is being led by a 16-year-old girl and justifying its public policies on the homework …
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What if you built a synagogue and no one came?
The United Arab Emirates is engaging in a commendable exercise in fostering inter-faith tolerance and understanding: A new UAE’s landmark, featuring a church, mosque and synagogue, will be built in …
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What does the Global Climate Strike want?
According to the United Nations – and Greta Thunberg – 4 million people around the world, mostly students who walked out of schools, rallied and marched against climate change last …
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When Greta goes to Guangzhou
The climate change activism, and in particular, its more hysterical Extinction Rebellion/School Strike “we’re all going to die” variety, are very much a Western phenomenon, despite the issue of climate …
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Environmentalism as a religion
Whether or not we all carry some sort of a “God gene” or are otherwise hardwired by the evolution for religious beliefs, it seems that spirituality of some sort has …
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The Fourth Partition
It’s 2019, so over the next few years we will commemorate a number of 80th anniversaries connected with the Second World War. British people will be reminded of their darkest …
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