When Our History Becomes Theology
We are not required to hate our own country to understand its past. And we are certainly not obliged to pretend that history ends in grievance rather than citizenship under a common law.
History
Part Star, Part Supporting Actor
Robert Duvall lit up 1970s American cinema – and kept going.
This Is the Logical End Point
Within this sex-triumphant climate can we really pretend to shock concerning Epstein, his brutal cronies, the rape gangs and their state-affiliated allies?
The Superhighway to Serfdom
Is this how the real robot apocalypse begins? A Centerlink clanker issuing grants to NDIS “Learing” Centres in my name, forever? Naturally, the government is handing over billions of our cash to something that’s yet to return any investment, anywhere, ever.
The Literally Fantastic Life of Christopher Lee
His strange compulsion to tell porkies about the war.
The NHS and Cousin Marriage
It’s precisely because cousin marriage is less common now that the problems it causes have become more conspicuous in Britain or other places among those accustomed to perpetuating the practice.
The Erasure of Jewish Memory
When the Holocaust is stripped of its Jewish meaning, it does not produce universal solidarity – it produces a moral vacuum in which antisemitism can once again speak the language of virtue.
The Reason for Death Rituals
In just a few days, many Christians will be celebrating Ash Wednesday, and we will hear the words “Meménto, homo, quia pulvis es, et in púlverem revertéris”.
America Is United on Only One Issue
This isn’t going away. It’s going to get worse. We haven’t even scratched the surface of the rot. And you can’t rebuild trust until you cut all of it out.
They Knew Where He Was
The question is what the world will finally demand of those who turn cemeteries into concealment, children into soldiers, humanitarian aid into weapons – and death itself into strategy.
This Seems To Be a National Illness
If the billions that Australia devoted to bans and buybacks had instead been used to understand and treat mental health, including phobias, perhaps we would have something other countries would be interested in.