March 2018 Volume LXII, Number 3, No. 544
An Unlikely Massacre
Fake Apologies
Free Speech’s Emboldened Enemies
The Truth of Fiction
Utopian Ambitions Meet Big Data
Europe’s Deplorables Challenge the Liberal Elite
Contents
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Sir: Some thoughts on Keith Windschuttle’s article on an alleged […]February 28, 2018
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The blame for crimes of pederasty lies squarely with those who perpetrate them. To say otherwise is to deny that individuals are responsible for their actions. Nevertheless, count on the PM to strike a photogenic pose, say 'sorry' and thus unleash an avalanche of spurious "recovered memories"March 3, 2018
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At a recent literary festival it was not enough for those who disagreed with a fellow speaker merely to protest her words and sentiments. Rather, they assaulted patrons and filled the air with threats and menaces while the police, as usual, did nothing. Free speech, it seems, is now a public nuisanceMarch 10, 2018
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These are criticisms regarding matters of fact in both "Dunkirk" and "Darkest Hour", yet one leaves the cinema feeling these history lessons are well worth the cost of sacrificing a little accuracy to the god of poetic licence. To defend what is right, that is the solid and worthwhile moral lessonMarch 13, 2018
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Social media deliberately exploits human psychology, not least with its parade of endless distractions. As well as making us stupid and inattentive, political democracy also is undermined via the mining of big data, as the ongoing revelations of Facebook's privacy violations attestMarch 26, 2018
20 mins
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The proverbial Martian who comes down to see how things […]
February 28, 2018
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This is an edited version of the Sir Thomas More […]
February 28, 2018
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To make any sense of Russiagate the point to begin is an acknowledgement that today in America, and almost all Western nations, we are confronted by a Left elite which will stop at nothing to maintain the hold on institutions and cultural influence it has so assiduously pursued and achievedMarch 20, 2018
26 mins
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Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House by Michael […]
February 28, 2018
12 mins
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The political authority of the unelected Supreme Leader and his personally selected Guardian Council to veto bills and choose presidential candidates makes a mockery of Iran’s supposed 'democracy'. For those who might criticise such a system, a mandatory seventy-four lashes awaitMarch 22, 2018
8 mins
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There appears to be some delusional belief amongst the Australian […]
February 28, 2018
16 mins
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Mandarins & Mavericks: Remembering Western Mining 1933–2005 by Martin Summons […]
February 28, 2018
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Jordan Peterson, Canadian academic and scourge of the politically correct, begins his Australian tour this month. Here, liberated from the paywall of our latest issue, is Steve Kates' review of his book "12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos". Please subscribe and make sure there are moreMarch 7, 2018
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The Magpie Sermons: Poems 2005–2017 by Ivan Head St Paul’s […]
February 28, 2018
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Ian Fleming died suddenly from a heart attack in 1964. […]
February 28, 2018
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Remember Shane, Bonanza and The Lone Ranger? In novel, film […]
February 28, 2018
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Australia Needs a Poet Laureate Steven Schwartz[1] Oxford-educated and possessed […]
February 28, 2018
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Crime fiction is a label that covers a huge variety […]
February 28, 2018
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Does The Merry Wives of Windsor configure as a farce, […]
February 28, 2018
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One of the biggest surprises I recall, when moving to […]
February 28, 2018
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Weather forecast: very hot, late storm. A revolution is coming. […]
February 28, 2018
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Hagen is indeed a tough town, a place where every shop window had been smashed not long before my arrival in retaliation for some offence to clan honour by a white man. Paybacks are fairly indiscriminate even when love is in the air, as I was soon to discover.April 5, 2018
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Snapshot “I’m not an activities person,” she says. “I like […]
February 28, 2018
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One doesn't like to cite oneself as an example to the youth of Australia, but in this instance I'll make an exception. If you want to land that job you've yearned for but can't figure how to get a foot in the door, here's a tip: turn up, forget about money and look eager. You'll be halfway thereMarch 25, 2018
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River Tagus, Spain Close to the river’s surface, birds As […]
February 28, 2018
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Reading A Few Late Chrysanthemums I I don’t […]
February 28, 2018
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Colonel John Paul II Who made Colonel Sanders (of […]
February 28, 2018
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Zoo The White Tiger lies on its side and […]
February 28, 2018
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On the House Clean out those awkward places with a […]
February 28, 2018
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East Coast by Night Always driving, in the dark […]
February 28, 2018
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The Hummingbird Whisperer Let the surgeon who opens my […]
February 28, 2018
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Easter Change Homo sapiens emerged unusually clever perhaps from […]
February 28, 2018
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Larkin was a Larrikin Larkin was a larrikin; Larkin was […]
February 28, 2018
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