We can't expect too much from those tearing down statues of historical figures, certainly not consistency. Were they capable of more than preening, bullying and burning, they would be smashing the images of two bloody and unredeemed villains -- Karl Marx and Margaret Sanger

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Where did it come from, this eruption of rioting and demands that statues and history be torn down? Well, much as the Black Lives Matter crowd might seem of recent origin, it is the Sixties where it all began

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There is no money nor kudos in trying to end the Muslim slave trade, but the likes of Black Lives Matter most definitely recognise the rewards to be tapped in the bottomless reservoir of Western guilt. Meanwhile, black slaves are chained, abused and castrated as the same activists avert their gaze

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Since all 'capitalist' activity in China is state-mandated and controlled, it follows that overseas property owned by Chinese companies – Australian sheep stations, for example – is the property of the Chinese government. Seizing it in lieu of damages would be common justice

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While funding has been cut to the China Matters 'think tank', it appears no effort is afoot to have the institute's directors register as ‘agents of foreign influence’, as required by the Foreign Interest Transparency Scheme

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Former slave Wallace Willis wrote a song of hope, endurance and salvation, a spiritual that for 150 years has been endlessly re-interpreted. Now the arbiters of what others are allowed to say and sing have decreed no white voice should be allowed to let those words pass their racist lips. The correct response: sing it louder, ever louder

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It is easy for Westerners to dismiss the idealism of reformist Marxists, yet they warrant admiration for their valiant intellectual struggles and individualistic aspirations -- thinkers, for example, such as Căi Xiá, whose remarkable candour in calling for greater freedom is perhaps a bigger worry for Beijing than the coronavirus

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History is an unyielding judge. A time will come when people will shrug their shoulders at the weariness of this overwrought generation who, having locked themselves up for months, emerged in the fury of their righteousness to do battle with statues and ghosts

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During the Black Lives Matter protests Scott Morrison said there had never been slavery in Australia. Some days later he said his statement was wrong and apologized in parliament. However, he was badly advised, and had been right the first time, as this three-part historical series from Quadrant shows

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During the Black Lives Matter protests Scott Morrison said there had never been slavery in Australia. Some days later he said his statement was wrong and apologized in parliament. However, he was badly advised, and had been right the first time, as this second installment of Quadrant's three-part historical series shows

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