The hospital dosed me with a potent painkiller after a recent operation and suddenly the TV became a source of endless fascination, alive with engrossing images. This was very odd indeed, as it wasn't turned on at the time. There was no refuge from hallucinations, not even with eyes tight shut

Not so long ago, Nike was the company the left loved to hate, with its stupendous profits wrung, as activists asserted, from the sweat of the Third World's poor. Now, suddenly, it's the progressives' toast. All it took was the embrace of a black athlete who won't stand for the US national anthem

Once upon a time, 'slut' conveyed opprobrium but is now held to reflect poorly on those who use the word to denigrate women engaging in what modern mores assert is perfectly acceptable behaviour. So why is 'slut-shaming' presented as an insult?  The concept is irredeemably incoherent

Western societies no longer exhibit true virtue, having traded the genuine article for the posturing which draws applause on Twitter.  They no longer yearn for excellence.  They do not seek truth. What we have witnessed is a wholesale collapse in the decency of our institutions

PM Scott Morrison's split-brained endorsement of the Paris accords on one hand and his pledge to lower electricity prices on the other  does more than enshrine cognitive dissonance as official policy. It also validates Labor's pledge to do an even better job of stuffing the economy

ANU turned down the Ramsay Centre’s generous offer, and quite a few doctors and professors at Sydney University now demand their employer do likewise. It seems that having apologists for North Korea and Syria on the payroll is OK, advocates of free inquiry not so much

Democrats sat on a fact-lite accusation of sexual assault against SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh, then summoned US media allies for a last minute  pile-on. From this melange of innuendo and pearl-clutching horror, the ABC's Zoe Daniel extracted only the worst to 'inform' her Australian audience

As all who browsed the infamous Climategate emails will know, the men and women of science can go to almost any lengths to suppress, harass, slander and deride those whose theories are at odds with their own. Well guess what? It's not just climateers who are at home in the gutter

Scott Morrison has yet to utter a peep about the national broadcaster and its need for sweeping reform. His silence is especially curious, given that he must surely grasp the warmist propagandists suckling on the taxpayer teat will be among the loudest defenders of current climate-policy madness

The service was conducted by the high priests of alarmism, with politicians pledging their love for rent-seeking renewables promoters as a media choir sang of the wonders to come. Yes, we've seen wonders aplenty -- obscene power prices, economic hobbles and the further corruption of science

Not being a particular bright lot themselves, Canberra's press corps will inevitably tout the aspiring leader who can be praised for piercing intellect and smartest-in-the-room insight. That's a big part of how we came to be cursed with Whitlam, later Rudd and, most recently, the unlamented Malcolm Turnbull

If there is no rape culture, as Bettina Arndt argues, wouldn’t you think university administrators might wish to promote her demolition of the hysterics' myths? Instead, for expedienciy's sake, they pay lip service to feminist fabulists and thereby condemn their own institutions

The ABC has proven immune to criticism and, no matter what the latest entreaty, impervious to reform. Appointing conservatives to the board hasn't worked, as the staff collective ignores any and all pleas for at least a semblance of balance. There just might be another way however

The meltdown of 2008 was misdiagnosed, mostly by those with an ideological barrow to push. Thus have we been treated to sermons about greed, derivatives and, of course, the sins of capitalism itself. Wrong, dead wrong. To a large extent it was the product of government interference

Youth conveys certain privileges, not least the right to be extraordinarily silly and have no one think ill of you. Alas, in our politically correct land, where asininity draws an ardent following, even a nine-year-old's nonsense about the National Anthem attracts advocates old enough to know better

More women are being charged with domestic violence, a development those who have long argued that equality of outcome matters more than equal opportunity might have been expected to applaud. But no, none of that from the champions of perpetual female victimhood

The New York Times   has long considered itself the acme of journalistic integrity and resolve. That self-serving appraisal was a stretch but, until Trump Derangement Syndrome set in, worth no more than a wry smile. An anonymous op-ed confirms how deep the malady has taken root

In a decision that further fouls his university's escutcheon, Sydney University's Michael Spence has determined that the Liberal Club, which is hosting Bettina Arndt, must pay for its audience to be protected from Leftist thugs. What a disgrace