Two of my summer reading books had me thinking afresh about free speech. The first one was The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku. He...
As Dennis the peasant tells John Cleese, the King: ‘Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government… You can’t expect to...
The Free Democratic Party (FDP), the closest-to-my-views political party in Germany, has been wiped out and will not even be able to enter the legislature. They...
Isn’t it amazing how the cost of living crisis seems to affect everybody apart from our bureaucrats… While the Australian people are struggling to pay their...
After three years of the worst government in Australian history, it isn’t the cost-of-living crisis, the divided society, the reduced productivity, the poor defence stance, or...
Labor has run out of money, run out of credibility, and run out of ideas. There is no other explanation for their decision to brand the...
The ASIO chief is this bizarre figure in the Australian political landscape that pops up every now and then to say something along the lines of:...
The attempts of the Commonwealth and South Australian governments to rescue the Whyalla steelworks is the latest ad hoc measure to paper over the cracks being...
In early 2020, as Covid spread across the globe, Australia scrambled to respond. Protective equipment ran short, national stockpiles had dwindled, and the vaccine rollout lagged...
President Donald Trump recently swept aside 70 years of conventional wisdom surrounding the Israel-Palestine conflict and proposed to temporarily depopulate Gaza. Accusations of ethnic cleansing resounded...