Latest Articles
We are encouraged to rely more and more on government officials to do for us what we could equally well do for ourselves—and, maybe more importantly, not to do what might help us solve our own problems.
Sep 08 2024
10 mins
If we imagine a metric called the Pinocchio Scale, which measures the number of lies told by a politician as a percentage of his or her overall public statements, our current prime minister (for want of a better description), Airbus Albo, has moved well into uncharted territory.
Sep 06 2024
5 mins
Trump’s not a Good Fit for Jackboots
It’s now an article of faith among the Left that Donald Trump is a threat to American democracy, that he is unsuitable to be President. Will that claim be supercharged – gain even more traction – now that Biden, who clearly was not fit to be President, is out of the race? Probably.
But what evidence is there for this? No-one ever challenges his detractors to provide such evidence. They never ask, what does this mean in practical terms? I am going to demolish this urban myth.
Let me begin with the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. This is the major black mark against Trump, arguably, the only one. Chris Uhlmann, who is emerging as one of the best recent acquisitions of The Australian, but is not immune to Trump Derangement Syndrome, had a piece, scathing of Trump, on this subject last weekend. It does not get off to a good start:
… no matter how you choose to name it, five police who held the line against the mob that day died in the wake of the storming of congress…
We are encouraged to rely more and more on government officials to do for us what we could equally well do for ourselves—and, maybe more importantly, not to do what might help us solve our own problems.
Sep 08 2024
10 mins
If we imagine a metric called the Pinocchio Scale, which measures the number of lies told by a politician as a percentage of his or her overall public statements, our current prime minister (for want of a better description), Airbus Albo, has moved well into uncharted territory.
Sep 06 2024
5 mins
The proportions of Aboriginal children and young people placed in a relative or kin placement or with an Aboriginal foster carer have decreased, and the proportion of Aboriginal children who were reunified with their families has declined.
Aug 29 2024
17 mins
