Sometimes I hate being right. I don’t claim to be more than a moderately informed observer of economics, but even to me it seems pretty obvious that deep economic trouble lies in our near future. It gives me no joy to find that far better informed economic observers agree
As I’ve written before, politicians unleash the dogs of political scandal at their peril. Time and again, politicians have got carried away with trying to tear down their opponents, only to find the frenzied pack turning on themselves. It’s kind of an occupational hazard, I guess, when you’
The political fallout from the Brittany Higgins saga just keeps barreling on. Having fatally wounded one government, it’s now turning on the next government — whose political machinations are being laid bare. A raft of leaked text messages show that, despite their repeated denials, senior Labor figures, up to the
Jeremy Moses Associate Professor in International Relations Sian Troath, Postdoctoral fellow University of Canterbury Defence Minister Andrew Little’s recent announcement that New Zealand would be “willing to explore” participation in military technology sharing – or “pillar two” – under the AUKUS security arrangement has already divided opinion. Proponents have argued participation
The backlash against rainbow groomerism is gathering pace in the sleepy island of Tasmania. And it’s members of the lesbian and gay communities who are taking up the baton. LGB Tasmania kicked off an awareness-raising campaign on Tuesday by installing a billboard at Glenorchy, Tasmania, on the Brooker Highway.
The ability of apparently rational, intelligent adults to systematically blind themselves to the glaring obvious should never be underestimated. Especially when it comes to religion — and the most fact-immune religion currently plaguing the Earth is the Cult of Climate. Climate Cultists are almost uniformly and resolutely immune to facts which
The Long March through the Institutions (LMTTI) has, to give it due credit, been one of the most stunningly successful political movements in modern history. It’s been so successful that it’s conquered nearly every institution of Western civilisation — while almost all of its victims remain completely ignorant of
Is the “Welcome to Country” scam finally running dry? It’s had a good run, this “ancient ceremony” that was invented in 1976. But, in a classic tale of hubris, just when it’s become all-but-ubiquitous, the racket may finally be going broke. Not just because Australians are thoroughly sick
Australian PM Anthony Albanese’s honeymoon period has come to an end. Which is hardly surprising, based on years of polling trends for new PMs on each side of the political aisle. So far, the polling drop is ominous rather than calamitous: but then, Kevin Rudd soared far higher in
In echoes of the unhinged fury that greeted Sir Bob Jones’ “Maori Gratitude Day” column, a whole lot of suspiciously pasty-faced “Aborigines” are getting their undies in a bunch over the suggestion that they ought to show a bit of thanks for the manifest benefits of colonisation. Ironic, really, given
Nicholas Khoo Nicholas Khoo is an Associate Professor in the Politics Programme, School of Social Sciences, University of Otago in New Zealand. University of Otago Russia’s war with Ukraine is now at a critical turning point. The relentless missile and drone strikes on the capital Kyiv may look like
The Woke Masters of the Universe are emperors who not only have no clothes, they’re waving their dicks in our faces and telling us there’s nothing to see. As the PwC scandal in Australia shows, global corporations can wave as many Pride flags as they can buy, but
The fact-averse pearl-clutching by Stan Grant and his legacy media groupies continues unabated. As you may recall, Australia’s most famous tanning bed afficionado threw a massive tanty last week, in response to the backlash against his massive tanty the week before. He’s quite the taxpayer-funded tanty-thrower, our Stan.
True to her word, Tasmanian independent senator Jacqui Lambie has given the Australian Defence Force chief a right carpeting, in Senate Estimates. The Tasmanian senator slammed General Angus Campbell for recommending medals be stripped from commanders despite no war crime findings in court. General Campbell wrote to a number of
Is there a more toxic party than the Greens? I mean, how else could you describe a party that is regularly plagued by the most heinous accusations from its own members. Sexual harassment, sexual assault, rape, theft, assault, and drug abuse. And not just unsubstantiated accusations, either: police charges. Then
