“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. […]
Continue reading »Tag: government
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 […]
Continue reading »ONE PERCENT – A telling graph, thanks to the Institute of Public Affairs: Just one per cent and we can be over the hill instead […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »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 […]
Continue reading »MAJORITY. WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? – Nothing. Say it again. In the House. In the Senate. And then there is the White House. President […]
Continue reading »
In communism, the government rates you
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 […]
Continue reading »BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS TO CARE, THE AMERICAN EDITION – Another grim milestone, this time from across the Pacific: The national debt exceeded $21 trillion for […]
Continue reading »BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS TO CARE – It’s official – the “conservative” Coalition government has now accumulated more government debt in five years in office than […]
Continue reading »IN WHICH THE DAILY CHRENK LINKS TO THE WORLD SOCIALIST WEBSITE – With all the caveats – yes, it’s the commos, and yes, the commos […]
Continue reading »IN WHICH I LOSE ANY RESPECT I HAD FOR NICHOLAS SARKOZY – There was a time when I had some time for Sarkozy – nice […]
Continue reading »PLEASE MAKE THE BAD MAN STOP – Australian politics (or, rather, politician) hits a new low: Barnaby Joyce is being slammed for comments suggesting he may […]
Continue reading »MAKE IT RAIN, DEER – Your bizarre political story of the day: Donations of deer semen, one of Texas deer breeders’ most precious commodities, account […]
Continue reading »
Should 16-year olds vote?
The American media and the progressives (but I’m repeating myself) are jumping on the “let’s lower the voting age” bandwagon in the aftermath of the Parkland school […]
Continue reading »
Guest post: I volunteer as the head (ahem) of the new Commonwealth anti-bonking body, by Karl Eaves
Chrenk’s note: In the Daily Chrenk’s not so long and not so illustrious history so far, this is the first guest post of what, hopefully, […]
Continue reading »NO SEX, THANKS; WE’RE MINISTERS – This reform is proudly sponsored by Canberra hookers: Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has banned sexual relationships between Commonwealth […]
Continue reading »“INDIGENOUS VOICE” – Has it really been ten years since Kevin Rudd’s national apology to Indigenous people? Time flies. An indigenous voice will be added […]
Continue reading »