The Man in the Low Castle
Nazism, and to a lesser extent communism, continue to fascinate many in the liberal English-speaking democracies. Looking at these totalitarian societies of the past, many have asked the question: “how …
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Weight of the world is killing us
While modern science and medicine offer us more opportunities to live longer and healthier lives, modern lifestyle – our diet (both quality and quantity), lack of exercise, stress and other …
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The year of living outrageously
Americans are more stressed now than at any time since April, or the early days of the COVID pandemic last year. This is the conclusion of an opinion poll recently …
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In praise of invisible things
The other week, as part of my real job, I finished helping a big micro-mobility company (that’s not a contradiction in terms) from America who now wants to expand into Australia. …
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Joseph Biden: the case for sainthood
When the much loved and admired Pope John Paul II passed away after a long battle with illness, crowds gathered outside St Peter’s basilica in the Vatican City started spontaneously …
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Eight trends to watch in 2021
Twenty-twenty, the year of the “cool number” previously associated with the positive (perfect vision), had been anything but cool and positive itself. A lot had gone wrong; most related to the …
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No shots, thanks, we’re Americans
“I would advise you not to take the Russian or the Chinese vaccines,” my GP told me the other day, “I suspect there might have been some shortcuts taken in both …
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The Mystery of African COVID
“New York Post” sets up the mystery: The novel coronavirus has infected more than 26.35 million people, with just four countries accounting for over 15 million cases. They are America, Brazil, …
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Llamageddon for Coronavirus?
Llamas are known as cute but highly temperamental – they spit, up to 10 feet – but now one South American expat in the UK called Fifi might be the …
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Good News From 2020
Twenty-twenty. What a year. As someone has recently remarked on Twitter, I can’t believe we stayed until midnight and cheered for it when it arrived. In the past, 2020 has had …
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COVID in Red and Blue
It is being increasingly remarked that the Coronavirus crisis in the United States is becoming polarised into a Republican versus Democrat issue, not least because the two sides of politics are …
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Andrew Cuomo’s Geronticide
Of all the instances of authorities failing the people during the Coronavirus crisis, one of the most egregious, certainly in the developed world (the behaviour of the Chinese communist authorities …
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Losing My Region – Australians and the world cool on China
Welcome to the political chaos theory – or, should we say, fact: a bat flapping its wings in China produces a hurricane… pretty much everywhere around the world. It seems …
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I will sacrifice myself so you don’t have to
Dear libertarian friends I’m going to take one for your team. I don’t particularly like the idea of a contact tracing app on my phone, but since the government seems …
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Fact Check: “Disease ambassadors”?
The worldwide Coronavirus pandemic is predictably generating hundreds of conspiracy theories, rumours, claims and counter-claims about every aspect of the crisis, from the virus’s origin to the actions, or inactions, …
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COVID killed the radio star: the winners and the losers of the viralmageddon
Joel Kotkin, a sensible urbanist (rare, I know), has been sounding an alarm about the hollowing out of our economy and our society for a while now. His news book, The …
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Terror doesn’t sleep
Back in mid-March, in one of those “irony of ironies” moments, ISIS has issued a travel advisory to its members not to travel to Europe: “stay away from the land of …
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The world after Corona
As the current pandemic crisis continues to unfold across the globe, more and more important people are heard making pronouncements that our world and our lives will not be the …
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Love in time of Corona*
Giovanni Boccaccio had written “The Decameron” in the aftermath of the Black Death pandemic of 1348, which carried away somewhere around one third of the European population. The book is …
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The Great Toilet Paper Panic of 2020 continues…
This afternoon, on the way back from the gym, I popped into my local Coles to get some fruit and veg. Having picked up everything I wanted, curiosity took me …
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