They came, they saw, they concurred -- except they really didn't, not beyond a mutual interest in the bottom line. If two large men represent the best hope for a small planet, as a gullible press gallery urged its readers to believe, poor Gaia really is neck-deep in very hot water

Friedrich Nietzsche would have been intrigued by the current anxiety […]

Recently unearthed, the giant lizard's remains leave no doubt that it perished with other members of its family pod as a consequence of bizarre diet, its own massive bulk and a compulsion prompted by bright lights to roar self-serving twaddle at anything resembling a microphone

Christmas Island is Australian territory, but there is no good reason why it should be. A relic of Britain's retreat from empire, geography and logic say it should be Indonesia territory, so why don't we hand over and eliminate its appeal as a destination to the next wave of illegal aliens, which will surely come

The Gospel hot from Hollywood dresses all humanity in the black hat of the ecological destroyer, even to the extent of re-casting the Old Testament's favourite boat-builder as the salvation of Gaia's innocent animals. As for our own species, mass drowning is just what we deserve

What qualifies as a miracle in a world where Genesis is a fitness club, Revelations a fashion show and the Lorde revered by teenagers is a chart-topping pop singer? The person to answer that question might just be Twiggy Forest

The University of Western Australia's Stephan Lewandowsky, scourge of climate sceptics, likened "deniers" to moon-landing conspiracy buffs. Now that his, er, research has been withdrawn, the catastropharian chorus reckons he's the real victim

They seem so certain when predicting what long-term weather has in store for us, but don't be fooled. Read the fine print in their pronouncements and the truth is revealed: those much-quoted experts admit they don't have a clue

They were all there for the Perth Writers' Festival -- Ross Garnaut, Scott Ludlum of the Greens, the ubiquitous David Marr and an audience of fretful warmists fearful of what outrage Denialist In Chief Tony Abbott might perpetrate next. Not to worry, everyone had a lovely time steeped in self-righteous mutual esteem