As Thomas Sowell has noted, one of the most destablising forces a society can ever endure is the emergence of a large class of university-educated “intellectuals” solely based in the Humanities. This is not to say, of course, that the Humanities are inherently to blame. After all, Sowell himself is
The most instructive way to get to Australia’s capital is by road. Sure, air travel is more convenient, as evidenced by the flocks of government-chartered planes scurrying out on a Friday night, but there’s something you notice, on the road. But the Australian Capital Territory is so small
At what point should politicians and bureaucrats be held to account for the blood on their hands? Surely, when their decisions lead directly to the death of innocents, something stronger than merely being allowed to resign and shift sideways is merited? The Victorian Labor government, after all, introduced its Industrial
As Edmund Burke noted of revolutions, a brief outburst of unhinged passion can undo the long, patient work of years, even centuries. Repairing the damage can take far longer than it took to wreak. The Covid pandemic unleashed its own revolution, one that the political-bureaucratic class had clearly long anticipated.
I’ve never been exactly a fan of former Olympian Nova Peris’ politics — after all, she entered politics on the Labor side at Julia Gillard’s behest, and has long co-chaired the Australian Republican Movement. Or, rather: she had. Because, although she might have chosen to go into politics on
In Philip Pullman’s The Amber Spyglass, a would-be assassin attempts to excise his soul from the stain of murder by “pre-emptive penance”. Every day of his life, Father Luis Gomez performs intense penance for sins he hasn’t committed. The idea is that doing so builds up a “credit
Save us from left-wing politicians desperate to save their electoral bacon against all odds. Faced with collapsing poll numbers, left-wing governments will do what left-wing governments always do — only more so. Spend, spend, spend: the more of other people’s money they can waste, the better. No mountain of debt
There’s something very noticeable about people who haul their kids along to “Drag Queen Story Hour”, or celebs who parade their they/them offspring for the paparazzi. The overwhelming smugness. The obvious, preening joy at the attention they’re receiving. They’re merely the latest iteration of the infamous
It’s a well-known fact that nobody is allowed to talk about, that transgenderism is heavily correlated with a range of mental health issues. Indeed, more and more psychologists are summoning the courage to publicly state the grim truth: “gender dysphoria” is not a standalone condition, it’s a co-morbidity.
If a flying saucer landed on the outskirts of a Nebraska farming town and the locals completely ignored it, and went about their humdrum business, they’d be sneered at as brain-dead rednecks. What if the aliens persisted in trying to get attention by walking into the town square? And
As George Orwell pointed out so long ago, the left are hypocrites at heart. They rail against ‘exploitation’, but their standard of living ‘demands that the robbery shall continue’. Nowhere is that more true than when it comes to the housing crisis. For all their pearl-clutching about renters and bastard
The Albanese government boasts about its record number of Muslim MPs. How’s that working out for them? Bear in mind, too, that some of its most senior ministers preside over seats with sizeable Muslim voting blocs. The government’s very hold on power largely depends on Western Sydney – dominated
Many years ago, I was debating the so-called “climate crisis” with a left-wing mover and shaker. He was adamant that the global population had to be reduced to two billion people within the next 50 years. Running some quick calculations brought up some disturbing outcomes of his policy. If this
One of the most persistent tropes in fiction, from Sherlock Holmes to superheroes, is the ‘criminal genius’. In real life, though, criminals are almost always far from geniuses. If they were that smart, they’d find legal ways to make buckets of money. And geniuses often make pretty lousy criminals.
In the comedy The Switch, the protagonist early on briefly encounters a homeless person who appears to be narrating his inner thoughts out loud, in a continuous, verbal, stream-of-consciousness. Taxi. Taxi driver. Taxi, taxi, taxi, taxi. Fat, pedaling, hooker-looking bitch. Pig-faced… Pig-faced, gimpy, limping mama. Man-boy. Little man-boy. Beady-eyed little
