IPA and the shortsightedness of Australian business
Having avoided my mailbox yesterday, this morning I picked up the latest issue of “Institute of Public Affairs Review”. Attached to it was a letter […]
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Case closed: the right more tolerant than the left
Numbers don’t lie, the science is settled, thanks to the latest opinion research by the Pew Research Centre: the right is more tolerant than the […]
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Winter Is Coming
At the start, let me thank all my friends who have Foxtel who have invited me to watch the return of “Game of Thrones” with […]
Continue reading »SNYDER IS A DISGRACE – I used to have some respect for Timothy Snyder, the Yale historian who wrote the rather good “Bloodlands: Europe Between […]
Continue reading »THE HORROR, THE HORROR! – Failed Labour politician Ed Miliband warns his British compatriots against the right-wing media hell that is Australia: The Murdochs take […]
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No conservatives, thanks; we’re liberals
Last night I went to sleep on the right. I must have tossed and turned a lot because when I woke up I was in […]
Continue reading »ONLY IN ITALY – Speaking of fascism, that was a real fascism: The owner of an Italian beach club which exalts the achievements of Benito Mussolini was […]
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Hamburger with big fires
The 79th anniversary of Kristallnacht is not until November, but thousands of black-clad thugs have already been running through the streets of Hamburg, setting fires, […]
Continue reading »HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNITED STATES – You’ve made it another year. Just. At least 25 Democrats are backing a bill that would create a congressional oversight […]
Continue reading »WHAT’S THE OPPOSITE OF CULTURAL ENRICHMENT? – We are endlessly told that we are culturally enriched by immigration – which is often true, with some […]
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How Donald Trump destroyed dating
Donald Trump is a bit like climate change – responsible for everything bad that happens in the world – except one better, because Trump is now […]
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The end of Liberal Party
This morning in Brisbane, Tony Abbott launched his campaign for the return to Prime Ministership and to win the election against Bill Shorten’s Labor. Well, […]
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The Talented (and Even-handed) Mr Hildebrand
Joe Hildebrand is one of those generally sensible guys who, whenever he criticises some madness on the left, feels obliged to balance it with a […]
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When Cardiff extremists attack
Yesterday, 47-year old father of four, Darren Osborne, an Englishman now living with his parents in Cardiff, Wales, drove a van into a crowd outside […]
Continue reading »“DON’T POLITICISE THE TRAGEDY” – When a hardcore Bernie Sanders supporter starts shooting Republican Congressmen practicing for a charity baseball game, it’s handy to remember a few […]
Continue reading »HOW, GOD, HOW? – Win, lose or draw, the question has to be asked, how did the Tories under Theresa May manage to f*** up […]
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Donald Trump – the president the left deserves, and we all get
After crying wolf (or rather crying fascist) about every prominent right-wing politician for several generations, the left has finally got someone who comes closer to […]
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Malcolm in the Middle
Federal Budgets generally give the government of the day a poll bounce, even if only a momentary one. Some fall flat and register barely a […]
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Nothing budget about the Budget
Language constantly evolves to match the evolving society. Words get old and become obsolete, new words come in to enrich our vocabulary. We are witnessing […]
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It’s not OK, it’s White Power
Everything is offensive, everything is racist, everyone is Hitler, everyone is a white supremacist. Even you. Yes you. That’s right. Your whole life you’ve been […]
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