By the naïve gullibility of liberals, the conceit of socialists and the deceit of Gramscian Marxists, the march through the institutions continues, all too often aided by those who should know better. With history as our guide, the result is and has always been the descent into dictatorship and tyranny

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It is to the the federal government's shame that it has signed on to a biased campaign depicting men as the sole agents of domestic violence, most particularly white men and boys. The obscured truth is that women are also violent, but feminist ideologues and their panderers don't want you to know that

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People smugglers are morally wretched but not stupid, likely waiting until Labor is installed before wishing a hearty 'bon voyage' to the first of the reborn armadas making for Christmas Island. Complications and tricky timing aside, PM Morrison could make his Medivac defeat an election winner

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Don’t be fooled, the urgent need to combat climate change, as cited by the Green New Deal, is nothing more nor less than a trojan horse, inside of which lurks Comrade Marx. A utopian paradise for all is its promise -- utopian as in Stalin’s Russia, Mao’s China, Castro’s Cuba and Chávez’s Venezuela

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When sentencing a pair of jihadis, a NSW judge observed that the Islamic community needs to work out if Koranic exortations to violence are to be taken seriously or not. Predictably, there followed immediate denials that anything needs to change or, indeed, could be changed. It seems Islamic leaders could use a refresher course in their creed's most sacred text

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Undocumented would-be immigrant Behrouz Boochani was last week awarded a $125,000 literary prize for which he is manifestly ineligible, being neither Australian nor resident in Australia. Five judges who vehemently disagree with offshore detention arbitrarily chucked that condition out a Wheeler Centre window

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To visit Greenwich is to grasp in an afternoon's stroll the Britain that was once and is now no more. General Wolfe, whose addition of Canada to the Empire is celebrated here, was brought down by a French musket ball. Today, prostration before the EU is Theresa May's instinctive first position

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We, the people, have to be on our guard when government excuses oppressive and discriminatory action on the basis that only a small minority will be injured. Who will form the next small minority? Who will be picked off next?

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Britons voted on a very simple question: Leave the EU or stay? Now, after unsatisfactory negotiations, not to mention deliberate prevarication, there is talk of a second referendum that would see Remain once again on the ballot. If no resolution is found, is the the Queen not obliged to defend the people's will?

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Quadrant readers knew the one-time head of Melbourne University Press, who passed away in 2015 at the age of 92, for his columns, mellifluous prose and erudite wit. Many light-fingered former Melbourne University students and staff harbour less cheerful memories. With MUP once again in the headlines, here a reminder of a steward who not only eschewed trash but also turned a profit

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