Politics is an ugly business. The legacy media are even uglier. The annals of Australia’s political history since Federation are littered with grubby shenanigans and a long train of wreckage smashed, picked over, looted and left to burn by the political-media class. The Brittany Higgins–Bruce Lehrmann saga
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Phil Green Over the weekend I wrote a piece about ram-raiding, where I suggested that the present youth are taking their lead from the adults in parliament. So far so good, most of us with children understand that positive direction for youth often comes from their elders. If you
Hendrik van der Breggen mercatornet.com Hendrik van der Breggen, PhD, is a retired philosophy professor who lives in Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada. Hendrik is author of the book Untangling Popular Pro-Choice Arguments: Critical Thinking about Abortion. “Medically assisted deaths could save millions in health care spending” – so stated the
Are the pack hunters of the Australian media-political left about to get their own taste of the Kyle Rittenhouse/Covington Kids medicine? For months, the pack have been howling for the blood of Bruce Lehrmann and, by proxy, the Coalition. For nearly two years, they’ve had an unchallenged
Tim Lindsey The University of Melbourne Tim Lindsey, Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne Indonesia’s controversial new criminal code was passed into law on Tuesday, replacing a clunky old code dating back to at
Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand Inc. In a discussion document released yesterday entitled Arms regulations: Review of fees 2022 Police seek to recover the full cost of administering many of the laws and regulations covering the ownership and use of firearms, together with the partial cost in some instances,
As the trans bus plummets down the cliffs of Rainbow “progressivism”, there are more and more signs that the wreckage is piling up at the bottom. Unfortunately, too much of the wreckage are the young and innocent who’ve been preyed on by sleazy activists, and, too often, the people
Steve Kirsch Executive Director, Vaccine Safety Research Foundation (vacsafety.org) The court has entrusted two doctors with the medical decisions regarding the care of Baby W. The 23-page court decision is available here for you to read. I’ve written about this case in earlier posts: The Baby W
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righttolife.org.uk Over 20,000 people marched through Malta’s capital, Valletta, on Sunday afternoon, protesting the Maltese Government’s decision to table a bill that would introduce abortion to Malta. The demonstration was one of the largest protests in recent Maltese history, showing that the deeply pro-life
The Doctor Many people think I wasted my time studying philosophy. That may be true, but I did pick up some gems along the way. One of them was burden of proof tennis. Do I have the responsibility to prove my point to my interlocutor or does he have to
Anyone who’s ever been a responsible parent knows that you don’t indulge tantrum-throwing toddlers. Even the most progressive child psychologists are clear: “Be consistent about not giving in to demands. This will help your child learn that tantrums don’t help them get what they want.” Others
Nobody likes being told, “told you so”, but, New Zealand, you’ve asked for it. Told you so. You got carried away by your own “progressivism”, and now look where you are. I recall the debate over New Zealand’s then-mooted Bill of Rights, and the warnings from grumpy
The rape trial that shook Canberra may have fizzled to an end, with the ACT prosecutor dropping all charges, but the legal action — and the bombshell revelations — roll on. Everybody’s lawyering up, all over the place. First off is accused Bruce Lehrmann, who says he is broke and broken
