Your daddy ain’t your daddy, but your daddy don’t know – Lord Melody A Sydney man, whose name has been withheld, spat at and abused jurors as “pigs” and “dogs” after they found him guilty of murdering his nephew in an “honour killing”. Cousin marriage, arranged marriage, honour killing
As another round of terror raids in Sydney unfolded recently, a depressingly familiar refrain emerged: “Radicalised in prison”. The central conceit of the modern criminal justice system is that prison should be all about rehabilitation rather than punishment. Similarly, we are told that our response to growing Islamic extremism ought
In Edgar Allen Poe’s classic gothic tale, The Tell-Tale Heart, a mysterious heart-beat drives a murderer to confess to his crime. In a recent case in Missouri, it was a tell-tale fart that gave away a fugitive’s hiding place. Law enforcement were hunting down a fugitive wanted for
This blog is justly renowned for its well-run comments section. A clear set of rules and a team of hard-nosed moderators has made our comments an uncommonly civil space in an ever-more vicious social media sphere. Which is probably just as well. If an Australian judge’s ruling is allowed
Denis Prager gives some thoughts on the latest mass shooting. This past weekend, Americans learned of another mass shooting, this time by an employee who decided to murder as many of the people he had worked with for years as possible. As of this writing, the murder toll is 12
Newstalk ZB recording starts at 0.40 – Mike Hosking comments: Let me just precis this for you. So, this bloke who’s been stood down – here’s what Mallard said: Quote. “We are talking about serious sexual assault.” End of quote. Trevor Mallard Well, that for me – that’s rape,
Take equal parts “tolerance, respect and understanding”, throw in a bit of “illumination” and voila! You have created the left’s updated version of Fawlty Towers ‘Don’t mention the war’ episode. Last week the luvvies have been conflicted, severely, and, not knowing what to do in fear of breaching
