Brexit? Brentry back into the world will be even harder
Hillary Brit is The Daily Chrenk’s European correspondent. Brexit. What a word. Half noun, half verb. The word inflicts grammatical torture on my ears every time I hear it. But …
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Davos’ false dichotomies
I’m a globalist, you are a globalist, everyone’s a globalist (the term I don’t particularly rate, since like “neo-conservative” in the last decade, it has become a little more than …
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20 Best Books I’ve Read in 2018
Happy New Year to The Daily Chrenk readers. If 2018 sucked for you, as it did for many people I know, keep marching on, onward and upward; if it was …
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Am Nasty To Women International
Note: Apologies for the continuing sporadic blogging as the internet issues at The Daily Chrenk HQ sadly continue. After I came to Australia and started high school, I joined my …
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“We require deep transformations of our economies and societies”, Part 3
Once you see it once, you start seeing it everywhere: New York City’s incoming socialist congresswoman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, says there will only be benefits, and no costs, to passing a …
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“We require deep transformations of our economies and societies”, Part 2
An apt follow up to my blog post yesterday about political activists using the climate change issue as an excuse and a cover to push for a radical transformation of our …
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“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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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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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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Where to buy beer and ciggies
Thanks to the good people at Deutche Bank, and via Business Insider, you now know where to travel around the world to get the cheapest cigarettes and beer. Having compared …
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Of course it’s all about money
An undiplomatic incident in a Canberra restaurant: Environment Minister Melissa Price has been accused of offending a key Pacific leader by declaring the region was “always” seeking cash from Australia, …
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Welcome to the middle class, world
While the media has been obsessing about Judge Kavanaugh and whatever President Trump’s latest rude tweet was, Brookings reports on an epoch-making event we’ve all missed: Something of enormous global …
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Public sector workers’ paradise
How many people are employed in Australia by all three levels of government? If you have answered “too many”, you are correct. If you have answered “almost 2 million”, you’re …
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Who’s got the best life?
Over the weekend I come across an article published by the Foundation for Economic Education two years ago, titled “Most of Europe Is a Lot Poorer than Most of the United …
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Welcome to the greener planet
Good news for the small “g” greens; big “g” Greens, not so much: From a quarter to half of Earth’s vegetated lands has shown significant greening over the last 35 …
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Sinking funds, not sinking islands
Humouring the neighbourhood with taxpayers’ money: Australia will be expected to contribute to a new $US1.5 billion Pacific Resilience Facility to help island nations adapt to the impacts of rising …
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Starving people to save them from starving
Policy-making, including in the area of environment (particularly in the area of environment) requires less emotion and more cost-benefit analysis, writes the “skeptical environmentalist” Bjorn Lomborg: When a “solution” to …
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Will climate change make you top yourself?
Yes, according to a latest study: Global warming doesn’t just hurt the planet’s health — it harms people’s too. An alarming new study from Stanford University brings one major human-afflicting …
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How China aids itself
In the years past, China and Taiwan have engaged in an international bidding war, using foreign aid to buy the recipients’ diplomatic recognition of either regime as the “true China”. …
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