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Don’t Make Me Beg
GOG: I knew you’d take her side. I just see them as Ronnie Corbett digressions to get a laugh. Tom: Did you tell her that? GOG: I did, but she has never heard of The Two Ronnies.
Now Labor’s Buying Ethnic Votes
Millions in funding to Muslims, tens of thousands of illegals secretly given visas.
They’re Not Even Hiding It
Albanese government legislates itself to weaponise unlimited AI sock-puppet accounts.
It’s Time for the Courts to Intervene
Nurse Amy Gallagher was forced out of an NHS training course for refusing to relinquish her belief in colour-blind meritocracy. It’s time, she says, for the courts to intervene and end this woke campaign of victimisation.
An Example of a Critical Resource Shortage
It’s tough news for anyone with an electricity bill. But you can also be on the other side of it and make money from this trend. When supply and demand is so fundamentally unbalanced, the companies that produce these scarce resources tend to perform extremely well.
CDC Recommends Off-Label Covid Vaccines for the Healthy
Many of Kennedy’s supporters endured censorship, professional repercussions and public ridicule for questioning whether healthy children should receive Covid vaccines. They expected his appointment to bring a decisive change in policy. For many, this will feel like betrayal.
The Elites and an Imaginary War
As the warnings about Russia grow louder, the public is being told to fear more, question less and prepare for war.
When the Inclusion Stops at Israelis
Nationality is not culpability. Shalev Biton did not need Adidas to endorse his politics. He did not need it to endorse the IDF. He needed one shoe. Adidas should never have apologised for selling it to him.
Where Have All the Visionaries Gone?
Australia remains one of the luckiest countries on Earth. Resources, agriculture, skills, institutions, capital and proximity to Asia. We don’t lack opportunity. We lack a destination.
Who Won the Election Campaign Opening?
When National cannot turn out 1,235 supporters for the prime minister and Labour does not believe Chris Hipkins can attract more than 690, there is a lack of enthusiasm in both parties.
All Smoke, Mirrors – And Supermarkets
National side-steps the economic drivers they actually control.
The Shape of Humans to Come
The future human: giant heads, soft bodies and the evolutionary guessing game.