Syria: There is no happy endings
The world stands poised on the edge of an abyss, just a few wrong moves away from another world war, all over a large and […]
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THIS IS NO LAUGHING GAS – From the people who brought you Saudi Arabia as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council: Despite […]
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Borders. They exist. They matter.
No matter how much I try I can’t get my head around the common leftist (and libertarian) delusion that national borders should be abolished and […]
Continue reading »GO CIOBO GO – It’s good to know that in the world of increasingly tempted by protectionism, free trade still has its fans: Australia should start […]
Continue reading »WHAT IF YOU WANTED TO EXPEL RUSSIAN SPIES BUT DIDN’T HAVE ANY? – The dilemma our cousins across the pond face as they try to […]
Continue reading »BABY, IT’S COLD WAR OUTSIDE – It’s one of the encouraging signs over the last year or two that the media and the opinion-making classes […]
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Should Australia accept South African refugees? Yassmin thinks it’s racist
Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has asked his department to investigate whether white South African farmers can be accepted into Australia as refugees, following […]
Continue reading »U2? #METOO! – As Glenn Reynolds likes to say, why are the liberal institutions such cesspools of sexism and abuse? The anti-poverty campaign co-founded by Bono is […]
Continue reading »OF SHARKS AND STEEL – It looks like the Australian metal exporters might be spared the wrath of The Don thanks to an unusual intervention […]
Continue reading »THAT’S NOT HOW IT WORKS. THAT’S NOT HOW ANY OF IT WORKS – According to News.com.au, Rihanna shapes Australia’s foreign aid policy: This is what star power […]
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7 uncomfortable truths about invasions, conquests, and imperialism
As most Australians are about to celebrate Australia Day this Friday, and other Australians refuse to celebrate the Invasion Day, some arguing that we should not […]
Continue reading »OXFAM DOESN’T HEART BILLIONAIRES – A new billionaire is created every other day. The three richest Americans have the same amount of wealth as the […]
Continue reading »IT’S ALL OUR FAULT – It always is: We've got to understand that North Korea is holding onto these nuclear weapons because they think it […]
Continue reading »EVEN THE LEFT STARTS TO REALISE WHAT THE RIGHT KNEW ALL ALONG – Hours before the news of Mr. Trump’s comments broke on Thursday, the […]
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Talking straight about shithole countries
Trump is in trouble for using unpresidential and undiplomatic but very Trumpian language: President Trump on Thursday balked at an immigration deal that would include […]
Continue reading »THE MAP OF THE DAY – The world according to Pornhub: Via the fascinating “2017 Year in Review” report. Last year, some 68 years of […]
Continue reading »TOP GLOBAL “PRESS OPPRESSOR” – The Committee to Protect Journalists really didn’t do itself any favours: The Committee to Protect Journalists named President Trump as the winner […]
Continue reading »MAP OF THE DAY – “If not your country, which country do you want to live in?” Hat tip: OnlMaps Imagine the population movements: Americans […]
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Ten more “hottest” takes on the Iranian protests
Two days ago, I compiled a short list of ten freshest examples of “progressives and the media (but I’m repeating myself) say the darnest things” […]
Continue reading »WHO’S UP, WHO’S DOWN – Forecasting is not an exact science, but interesting nevertheless: The 2018 World Economic League Table, released today, projects that Australia […]
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