I am. I walk through my local shopping centre wondering which shops will be among the first to go.

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Some might think old-fashioned Manning Clark’s opening line that civilisation arrived in Australian in 1788. Still, in a land that had only seen hunter-gatherer cultures the arrival of the First Fleet was the start of settled communities on the Australian continent: buildings, bridges, villages, towns. It also brought the application of British common law to […]

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American President Ronald Reagan once famously said, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.'” That is certainly true in the area of religion. Whenever the government starts sticking its nose in religious affairs, it generally ends up causing trouble – and lots of it.

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Amongst the favourite terms blithely thrown around by the various radical social activist groups are “tolerance,” “acceptance,” “inclusion,” and “love”. Sounds pretty good. But the rhetoric seldom matches the reality with these groups. They are all about sweetness and light – until someone dares to cross them. Then the real deal breaks forth.

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When David Horowitz, who promotes an academic Bill of Rights, attended the annual conference of the Modern Language Association his reception was what you would expect from a room full of progressive American academics.

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To be honest, I am getting a bit nauseous. I have seen so much sentimental sop, sycophantic personality worship and liberal drooling in the past 24 hours, that I really do feel ready to lose my breakfast. With the convergence of two things – an ultraliberal American president and an ultraliberal mainstream media - one could be forgiven for thinking that the Messiah has in fact arrived on planet earth.

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Thank God for Carbon, a new publication by Ray Evans, explores the demonising of carbon by climate change extremists – including the Rudd government. An ETS [Emissions Trading Scheme] is a euphemism for a carbon tax, but because in Australia it will be a tax imposed primarily on our energy-intensive industries, it will have particularly […]

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The Australian Left are killing the fine art of satire.

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that October in the US was marked by 63 record snowfalls and 115 lowest-ever temperatures. Over the past few years, similar signs of colder than usual weather have been recorded all over the world, causing many people to question the still fashionable, but now long outdated, global warming […]

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Bush did what he thought was right—and on the biggest issues, what was right. Read more …

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