Chrenxit redux
Two days from now, Great Britain will decide whether it wants in or out. Listening to the Remain supporters one gets the impression that should Brexit get up, Britain will …
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Old and busted: German militarism. Not-so-new but still hot: Russian militarism
Germany is a stellar example that culture, while difficult to change, can change. Not all of it, not completely, and it might take a war, a devastating defeat, an occupation, …
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Religion of peace vs. religion of sensitivity
File it under “Colour me completely astonishedâ€: The vast majority of Australian Defence Force personnel believes the Muslim religion promotes Âviolence and terrorism, despite “cultural sensitivity training†by the ADF …
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The Girl With A Feminist Tattoo
Take a look around the world and it puts everything in perspective; suddenly, all the huge “controversies†at home turn from mountains into molehills and all the activists seem less …
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Dalai Lama, that ugly right-winger
I love the sound of leftie heads exploding from dissonance. This is going to generate a few pops: The Dalai Lama, who has himself lived in exile for over half …
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Dear Japan, sorry, not sorry
President Obama visited Hiroshima the other day, and to his credit he didn’t apologise for dropping the bomb. He didn’t drop the bomb himself, of course. That was President Truman, …
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Austria, America, Australia
The dark night of fascism is always descending in the United States and yet lands only in Europe, Tom Wolfe observed a long time ago. Or at least that used …
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Happy International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia
Possibly in time to celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia on May 17: A group of 51 Muslim states has blocked 11 gay and transgender organisations from attending …
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Good News from…?
Twelve years ago, exactly to a day – 19 May 2004 – I became a minor blogging celebrity on the back of an observation that the mainstream media’s unrelentingly negative …
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Is Donald Trump a Manchurian Candidate?
The short answer is no. As colourful as Donald Trump’s biography is, I gather he has never been taken a prisoner of war while serving his country overseas (that only …
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