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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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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Contrary to the impression you might get from reading my blog or following me on social media, I’m not actually that hardcore right-wing – except perhaps as a result of …
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Perhaps it has been a mistake to call one’s new website The Daily Chrenk, implying that a one-person blog (an increasing rarity these days) can provide enough quality – or …
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Another triumph of human progress from the city that has been a pioneer for so long: A US city has voted to ban a list of common words like “manhole” …
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The Israel Folau case is big because Israel Folau is big – literally, but more importantly metaphorically speaking. Folau, however, is just a tip of an iceberg if that analogy …
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We seem to be on the cusp of another age of sharp tribalisation, where people of different beliefs and persuasions increasingly lead different lives and share different spaces, passing each …
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A discussion at PJ Media and then Instapundit, about music and the end of the Cold War, which we should be celebrating throughout this year, but we won’t be very …
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Of the people who can broadly speaking be described as being on the right, libertarians are the ones who are passionately in favour of (more) immigration, believing that any problems …
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It has been said for the past decade or two that the parliamentary Labour Party is finding it increasingly difficult to hold together the two major poles of its base: …
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Over a space of a century or less, the developed world has gone from the one extreme where the education systems used to instill triumphalist values without much reflection to …
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Once in a while – actually, nowadays, on a daily basis – you read something that actually makes you dumber (hat tip: JK). This is one of these things: Each …
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It was not Orwell’s original idea that those who control the language control the society and determine its nature. In any case, the left hardly ever needed inspiration from critics …
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It’s hardly a recent phenomenon that those tasked with curating, protecting and building on the rich heritage of our civilisation often would love nothing better than to see the past …
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The old leftie George R R Martin discovers that you can never be woke enough. Because the world of the Chronicles of Fire and Ice can hardly be criticised for …
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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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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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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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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 mainstream media – and the social media – are so good at generating instant outrages that I now have an informal rule: try not to comment on any new …
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