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We’ve got some pretty unpopular leaders

August 6, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

The current crop of Western leaders is failing to inspire the electorates much beyond their base. Is it just a coincidence, or do we live during particularly polarised and unsettled …

Politics

I’ve got 99 gender pronouns but a bitch ain’t one

August 2, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

(With apologies to former President Obama’s favourite rapper Jay-Z) The Victorian government, having solved all the important issues, like the breakdown of law and order, is now focusing on the …

Politics

July 13, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THE GREAT RETIREMENT ROBBERY – The golden years will be nicer for some than for the majority: For two decades the superannuation industry has extracted more than $700 billion in …

Life / Politics

July 12, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES – Some probably don’t wear very much at all – tip your hats to this entrepreneurial Spaniard: A Spanish public servant who skipped work for a …

Politics

July 5, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

“RAND PAUL: STUDYING SEXUAL TENDENCY OF QUAILS ON COCAINE IS WASTE OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING” – Possibly the headline of the year so far, after yesterday’s story of the year about …

Politics

June 27, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

DON’T PILLAGE US WITH TAXES, WE’RE VIKINGS – God preserve us from the fury of the Northmen: With elections due on Sept. 9, polls show a slump in support for …

Politics

May 25, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

“CENTRISTS ARE THE MOST HOSTILE TO DEMOCRACY, NOT EXTREMISTS” -Fascinating piece from “The New York Times”: The warning signs are flashing red: Democracy is under threat. Across Europe and North America, …

Politics

May 15, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WHEN A DOWNER IS A GOOD NEWS – One of the perennial complaints is that we need more women in politics, particularly on the centre-right of politics. We certainly need …

Politics

May 10, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

ONE PERCENT – A telling graph, thanks to the Institute of Public Affairs: Just one per cent and we can be over the hill instead of building it up even …

Politics

May 8, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

UP TO OUR EYEBALLS – The best Treasurer Australia has ever had is depressed: Former treasurer Peter Costello thinks he’ll be dead and buried by the time the federal government …

Politics

May 2, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THE MANCHURIAN EX-AMBASSADOR – Malcolm Farr reports on a “brutal assessment”: Our relations with China are under increasing strain and a former Australian ambassador to Beijing has given a brutal …

Politics

April 26, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

GOVERNMENT KNOWS WHO’S GOOD OR NAUGHTY – Last month I wrote about the soft Orwellian system of social control that the Chinese communist government are introducing. It’s called social credit …

Politics

April 11, 2018April 11, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THE BEST TAKES ON “MR ZUCKERBERG GOES TO WASHINGTON”– Twitter can be awful at the best of time, but when it’s good it’s great. Mark Zuckerberg to be grilled by …

Politics

April 10, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WHAT’S A TRILLION BETWEEN FRIENDS? – I’m old enough to remember when the United States government debt was “just” one trillion dollars. Now we are entering an era of one …

Politics

March 24, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

MAJORITY. WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? – Nothing. Say it again. In the House. In the Senate. And then there is the White House. President Donald Trump grudgingly signed a …

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Politics

In communism, the government rates you

March 20, 2018March 20, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Another reminder, if one is needed (the voice-over: one is, sadly, always needed) of the difference between the democratic and autocratic societies, the open and the closed ones, the individualistic …

Politics

March 18, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS TO CARE, THE AMERICAN EDITION – Another grim milestone, this time from across the Pacific: The national debt exceeded $21 trillion for the first time on Thursday, …

Politics

March 16, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS TO CARE – It’s official – the “conservative” Coalition government has now accumulated more government debt in five years in office than its predecessor, Labor, had in …

Politics

March 11, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

IN WHICH THE DAILY CHRENK LINKS TO THE WORLD SOCIALIST WEBSITE – With all the caveats – yes, it’s the commos, and yes, the commos shouldn’t be relied on accurate …

Politics

March 6, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

IN WHICH I LOSE ANY RESPECT I HAD FOR NICHOLAS SARKOZY – There was a time when I had some time for Sarkozy – nice life story, banging a supermodel, …