Politics
“We require deep transformations of our economies and societies”
Earlier this year I blogged about the important distinction between supporters and activists. When we look at left-wing political, social, economic and other causes and movements we need to distinguish …
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Men are so good they even make better women
Miss Universe might soon go where no men (ahem) has gone before: Miss Universe is breaking new ground at this year’s pageant with the first transgender contestant to ever compete for …
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Let them eat carbon
I’m glad that I got the chance to walk down Avenue des Champs-Elysees from Arc de Triomphe towards Louvre when doing so did not mean getting gassed by the police …
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The Incumbent Preservation Society
The leaders on the way out (I was going to write “outgoing” but it would have been confusing because in one sense they are not) like to leave these sorts …
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Who’s the Boss?
Always enjoyed the music, always disagreed with politics – and now also have to disagree with his political prognosticating: Bruce Springsteen believes that President Donald Trump will win a second term in …
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Fifty Shades of Red
Normally socialism buggers you through high taxes, over-regulation and social control. A growing wave of sex-positive feminists are working to usher in what they describe as a “pleasure revolution” in which …
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Three Decades Down Under
Thirty years an Aussie. I’m celebrating today, not sure if Australia is. Does that now, in my advanced age, make me two thirds Australian and one third Polish? So twice …
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All onboard the Lolita Express
We are all equal in the eyes of law, but all too often rich scumbags have the resources and connections to make themselves less equal than others. “Miami Herald” has …
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Do you have your heresy app?
If you sometimes wonder what the Middle Ages would have been like if they magically acquired modern technology (here’s an alt-history concept for all you budding sci-fi writers), you can …
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Why do people migrate?
A thoughtful piece by “Dr Bastiat” at Rocochet titled “Western Civilisation: The Invisible Beautiful Miracle That We Ignore” comes to a conclusion that I think is only partly right: Immigrants …
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Caution: gay people crossing
First we’ve had skirts put on pedestrian crossing lights’ little people, because apparently, unlike children, some adults think that stick figures represent men only and not all human beings (until …
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Your social credit card has been declined
I prefer to live in a country where I can rate my government and not the other way around – but many others don’t have that blessed choice: Millions of …
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Will America or Australia save Asia?
Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman whose death sentence for alleged blasphemy has been lifted by the Supreme Court, continues to be in danger, as the Pakistani Islamists are baying …
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Low CO2 killed the megafauna star
As with the present day fauna and flora extinctions, humans have been traditionally blamed for the extinction events over the past several tens of thousands of years. Maybe not so …
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Curbing the immigration to own to cons
Hillary Clinton – she’s got principles; and if you don’t like them, she’s got some others ones too: Europe must get a handle on immigration to combat a growing threat …
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Migration Compact – non-binding and unnecessary
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced his government won’t sign on to the United Nation’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. The Labor opposition, which looks set …
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Buffy the Body Shamer
Honestly, what did the media used to do before the advent of social media? Where did they find the never-ending supply of material to use as a filler and click-bait? …
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The economics of the unicorn money
You could probably stop reading after the oxymoron “Bernie Sanders’ economic adviser”, but if you are as tolerant of differing viewpoints as TDC do read on: The radical idea of …
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Drain the swamp, lock her up, build the wall… and break them up
In case Donald Trump needs more of an agenda post-midterms, here’s a helpful suggestion from Glenn Reynolds: I’ve just finished reading Columbia Law professor Tim Wu’s new book on antitrust, …
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