The death of the human attention span is real Alexandra Marshall Flat White Pexels Alexandra Marshall 2 July 2024 12:03 PM I am sure you have felt it too – that tickle of distraction when you are reading an article, watching a movie, or going for a walk. Your phone itches in your pocket andContinue reading “I, goldfish”
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What the Supreme Court immunity ruling means for Donald Trump
Roger Kimball (Photo: Getty) Roger Kimball 2 July 2024 World 5:21 PM Yesterday, reviewing last week’s Supreme Court decisions, I noted that the court would probably issue its final opinion of the season, on the question of presidential immunity. So it turned out to be. Yesterday, ‘Trump v. United States’ dropped. For the first time, the Court pondered the question, ‘Does aContinue reading “What the Supreme Court immunity ruling means for Donald Trump”
Saint Francis in reverse
The scandal-mired Pope is determined to destroy the Latin Mass Rocco Loiacono Features Australia Getty Images Rocco Loiacono 29 June 2024 9:00 AM In February last year, this esteemed magazine published a column by your correspondent on the crackdown on the Traditional Latin Mass by Pope Francis, warning that the plan was to eliminate itContinue reading “Saint Francis in reverse”
Doomed Planet
Things That Go Slump in the Night Rafe Champion Severe wind droughts are prolonged spells with next to no wind across continental areas. They also exist offshore as any sailor who has been becalmed knows full well. Wind droughts will kill the green-power fantasy, and they have the potential to deal a massive blow toContinue reading “Doomed Planet”
Andrew Hastie
This is big news and I wanted to make sure you heard it right away. Labor is changing the law in South Australia to ban ALL political donations for their next state election. While this doesn’t impact us directly, it tells you where Labor’s head is at. This could be the leading edge for Labor’sContinue reading “Andrew Hastie”
No Jab. No Job. No Justice
Augusto Zimmermann & Gabriël Moens Warren Tredrea is a former AFL player and sports presenter (above) with the Nine Network. He spent 14 years in the AFL and 13 years in media, eight of those with Nine. And yet Tredrea was fired from his position as a sports presenter after attempting to exercise his rightContinue reading “No Jab. No Job. No Justice”
History
Captain Cook and the Black Children Michael Connor Contributing editor If Martians had landed on the front beach of my home town in the middle of my childhood, a small boy and his dog (Larry) would have been straight down to see what they were doing. Also present would have been Mr Porter the policeman,Continue reading “History”
Trump guilty of trumped-up charges
So why not charge him with fraud, rather than intent to defraud? Features Australia Peter O’Brien Getty Images Peter O’Brien 8 June 2024 9:00 AM Politicians routinely resort to name calling. It is unseemly. Sometimes they resort to personal attacks. All sides do it. When this happens the victim and his side loudly disparage theContinue reading “Trump guilty of trumped-up charges”
Senator Alex Antic
Late last year, I was part of a Parliamentary delegation to the United States to speak to US lawmakers and department heads to discuss the plight of Australian citizen Julian Assange. We were there to call for Julian to be brought home from His Majesty’s Prison Belmarsh, a maximum-security prison in the United Kingdom, whereContinue reading “Senator Alex Antic”
Stars of David
Peter O’Brien Like Tony Thomas I am a lover of classical music. That is my favourite but I Iike most genres, and jazz is right up there, although I’m no expert. My wife definitely prefers jazz. That is why Saturday night is America Night in our musical programme. Last Saturday night, just before I pulledContinue reading “Stars of David”
Australia’s renewable energy dreams for the future are spluttering
Caleb Bond Courier Mail May 23, 2024 If you haven’t yet worked out that we were sold a pup on renewable energy, perhaps you’d like to buy a bridge instead. I hate to say I told you so – but I did. The whole thing has been shot to pieces in the space of twoContinue reading “Australia’s renewable energy dreams for the future are spluttering”
We’re not multicultural. We have one culture. The Australian culture
Alexandra Marshall Flat White Getty Images Alexandra Marshall 20 May 2024 12:07 AM Mass migration is the largest and most controversial political topic in the Western world. Come the beginning of June, mass migration and open border policies are set to tip the balance of power in the European Union elections. More than half aContinue reading “We’re not multicultural. We have one culture. The Australian culture”
Painting Gina: National Gallery hypocrisy over cruel Rinehart portrait
It is absurd to me that Rinehart, as the portrait’s subject, seems without agency Alexander Voltz Flat White Getty Images Alexander Voltz 20 May 2024 2:00 AM It’s certainly been a week for portraiture. Jonathan Yeo’s study of His Majesty has provoked many a reaction. The painting was described by this magazine’s Alexander Larman asContinue reading “Painting Gina: National Gallery hypocrisy over cruel Rinehart portrait”
A wet lettuce versus a real prime minister, Tony Abbott – not a bad bloke, After all.
David Flint The Spectator Australia 18 May 2024 I was asked recently to introduce Tony Abbott at a function. Along with national leaders of the standing of John Howard and Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, or Donald Trump, Tony would not have shamed the nation by slapping a foreign dictator with a wet lettuce for hisContinue reading “A wet lettuce versus a real prime minister, Tony Abbott – not a bad bloke, After all.”
Religion
The Left’s Relentless War on Faith Mervyn Bendle A very powerful cabal within the Australian Left aims to strictly control and eventually eliminate religious faith, and it appears the time is coming when Christians and others will be called upon to resist the onslaught. As Chris Uhlmann points out: “A religious civil war is ragingContinue reading “Religion”
It’s Not Your Grandfather’s Colonialism
Paul Collits If you haven’t heard of Eva Vlaardingerbroek before, well, you have now. Perhaps you have previously seen her on The Mark Steyn Show. Given her name (the second one), you’ve probably guessed that she is Dutch. She has just scored somewhere approaching 50 million views of a speech she has delivered in Budapest,Continue reading “It’s Not Your Grandfather’s Colonialism”
Israel
A UN Vote That Will Live in Infamy Peter O’Brien On the 7th of October last year, the terrorist group Hamas, which rules in Gaza and purports to represent the state of “Palestine”, committed the most foul attack upon Jewish people since the Holocaust. Within days, that atrocity was celebrated all over the world, includingContinue reading “Israel”
Return of the MFP
And other such rubbish Judith Sloan Features Australia Getty Images Judith Sloan 11 May 2024 9:00 AM Does anyone remember the Multifunction Polis? It was doing the rounds in the late 1980s, sponsored by Labor industry minister, John Button. It was going to be the next big thing, although no one could actually explain whatContinue reading “Return of the MFP”
China: Marxism Fails Again
Maurice Newman Over the past hundred years, there have been more than two dozen attempts to build a socialist society. It has been tried in the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Albania, Poland, Vietnam, Bulgaria, Romania, Czechoslovakia, North Korea, Hungary, China, East Germany, Cuba, Tanzania, Laos, South Yemen, Somalia, the Congo, Ethiopia, Cambodia, Mozambique, Angola, Nicaragua andContinue reading “China: Marxism Fails Again”
Flat White
Digital ID: privacy and liberty are brothers Alexandra Marshall Alexandra Marshall 6 May 2024 4:50 AM This is a variation on the speech I gave over the weekend in Sydney at the One Nation rally against Digital ID. The rally was led by Craig Kelly, who gave a rousing defence of freedom and democracy. He was joinedContinue reading “Flat White”
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