There are species of sloth that move faster than the Prime Minister. This much is evident as we discover today that someone in his office, probably the secretary, decided to bring forward a scheduled meeting with Singapore later in the year –…
As Donald Trump’s 8 p.m. deadline crept closer by the minute, accompanied by increasingly furious posts from the president online, the last-minute scramble to achieve a ceasefire by diplomacy became ever more desperate. Within the final 90 minutes it was announced that…
When I wrote about One Nation’s rise earlier this year, the polling was startling. The question was whether it would hold. It has. Now a harder question is being asked: Is Australia experiencing its own populist insurgency, and can the Liberal Party…
In the geological past, I sat on the engineering and earth science and major equipment committees of the Australian Research Council (ARC) in my capacity as a chair and senior scientist in my discipline. I also advised governments on special research centres…
When an American F-15E Strike Eagle was brought down over Iran on April 3 by a shoulder-fired missile, the Pentagon executed what Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has since compared, with characteristic restraint, to the resurrection of Christ. Two crew members ejected. One…
John Bolton was born in the Year of the Rat. The Chinese, who have been thinking about human character rather longer than Washington has existed, associate the type with intelligence, calculation, and an entirely unsentimental view of the world. One need not…
Jake Paul joins President Trump on stage at rally in Hebron, Kentucky – March 11, 2026 Jake Paul, the influencer and sometimes boxer, recently praised the late Charlie Kirk, suggesting that Kirk would have been elected president one day. Lots of people…
Wisconsin Supreme Court Democrat Chris Taylor A very liberal judge won Wisconsin’s Supreme Court seat in Tuesday night’s election, expanding the Democrat majority. Just a few years ago, Wisconsin’s Supreme Court had a conservative majority. After Chris Taylor’s Tuesday night victory, the…
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin may take action against “sanctuary cities” that subvert federal immigration laws by removing customs agents at their international airports. The move would crush the tourist economies of sanctuary cities such as New York, Los Angeles,…
Big tech billionaire Bill Gates is reportedly set to give testimony regarding his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein during an in-person transcribed interview before the GOP-led House Oversight Committee. In a letter addressed to Gates back on March 3, Republican Chairman James Comer…
