If David Cameron really is an ideological soul-mate of Malcolm Turnbull, he also serves as a warning about the consequences eroded political authority -- a decline attributable in large part to the consequences of striking socially liberal poses without regard to cost

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The ousted PM's Quadrant essays brought immediate howls from many pundits, especially on the left, who accuse him of white-anting his successor. It seems, if taken at their word, the Coalition's detractors are more mindful of party loyalty than party members themselves

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Americans have seen living standards stagnate, habits of neighbourhood co-operation undermined, job opportunities reduced and their sense of moral equality with the new American educated class decline. The establishment grasps as much, but only Donald Trump stands poised to exploit it

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Shocking but not surprising, the mass molestation of women in Cologne and other European cities is as much part and parcel of Islam's uneasy residence in the West as are hijabs and the turning of  a blind eye by multiculturalism's professional apologists

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The natives within the Liberal Party remain restless. Some gripe, others resign, there is talk of defection. All are reactions that should have been factored into the political calculations of those who voted to oust Tony Abbott, that unsettling and perhaps vengeful ghost

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Malcolm Turnbull is fond of proclaiming that Australia is a multicultural society, but this is loose talk. A multicultural society is a contradiction in terms, since common cultural understandings are the glue that holds a society together. Just look at France and the way its very fabric is ripped asunder

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Malcolm Turnbull is fond of proclaiming that Australia is a multicultural society, but this is loose talk. A multicultural society is a contradiction in terms, since common cultural understandings are the glue that holds a society together. Just look at France and the way its very fabric is ripped asunder

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The scathing eye that The Associated Press cast over Hillary Clinton's latest deceptions will make for an interesting election season if it marks the birth of a trend. Here's to the hope, a faint one, that the lure of a good story trumps Big Media's leftist orthodoxy

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It's going to be messy, Malcolm Turnbull's need to square the circle of his ruthlessly plotted ascent to the Liberal leadership with the revulsion now animating so many of his party's supporters. Be that as it may, there remains a role -- a key role -- for Tony Abbott

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It's going to be messy, Malcolm Turnbull's need to square the circle of his ruthlessly plotted ascent to the Liberal leadership with the revulsion now animating so many of his party's supporters. Be that as it may, there remains a role -- a key role -- for Tony Abbott

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