by KEVIN DONNELLY – THE woke Left seems content to shift the blame from those responsible for the burning of Old Parliament House to suit their agenda-seeking misconceptions. If any further evidence is needed to demonstrate the hypocrisy and double standards of…
by KEVIN DONNELLY ~ WHILE Christmas baubles and presents, tables laden with ham, turkey and prawns and long days at the beach signify what time of year it is, December 25 is also one of the most holy days in the Christian…
by KEVIN DONNELLY – WESTERN civilisation, instead of being valued even as its faults are acknowledged, is attacked as “Eurocentric” and riven with “white supremacism”. One of the most grievous crimes one can commit is to question the need for radical change…
THE American academic and author Camille Paglia in her book Free Women Free Men published in 2017 provides a scathing condemnation of “the plague of political correctness”. While there’s no doubt cultural-Left ideology, language control and group think now dominate across Western societies there is every hope sanity and reason might yet prevail.
ARE all men and boys misogynistic and inherently sexist and violent towards women? Judged by many of the women demonstrating after the death of the UK’s Sarah Everard, the answer is “yes”.
RECENT events prove how destructive and widespread cancel culture is and how intent neo-Marxist inspired activists are to rewrite history and undermine and denigrate what is best about Western civilisation and societies like Australia. The most recent example involves Adam Smith, the renowned 18th century economist and philosopher whose highly influential book The Wealth of Nations revolutionised the study of commerce and who many consider one of the leading lights of the Scottish Enlightenment.
THE Australian parliament and the Scott Morrison government are being rocked by an incident where a young female advisor alleges being raped in a minister’s office where she worked after returning from a night’s drinking with colleagues. As a teenage boy seeing his mother beaten and assaulted as a result of domestic violence I’m the first to agree too many women are shamefully abused and victimised by men. At the same time I refuse to believe society is riven with misogyny, that all men are guilty and that women are always passive victims.
THE vitriolic, personal attacks on the tennis great Margaret Court provide the most recent example of the poisonous impact of cancel culture as does the perennial complaint by black activists that the First Fleet’s arrival celebrated on Australia Day heralds the beginning of Aboriginal genocide. Even “It’s your ABC” has gone to the dark side describing the nation’s birth as invasion day.
WITH the 26th of January and Australia Day upon us it’s time to acknowledge and celebrate what a great country this is. Forget the racial activists and Left-wing whingers always talking the nation down with their argument we are a racist, white supremacist society where Aborigines suffer perpetual disadvantage.
THERE’S no doubt as a result of the COVID-19 virus and its debilitating and destructive effect on society both medically and economically that increasing numbers of people are distraught and in danger of suffering anxiety, loss and depression. Whether measured by alcohol consumption, family violence, calls to organisations like Beyond Blue or the incidents of self-harm and in extreme cases suicide it’s clear the fabric that holds communities and families together is under threat.
