by PAUL COLLITS – ONE of the many joys of having lived for some years in New Zealand (sorry, Aotearoa) is the two degrees of separation and the informal access this provides to well-known people. You can find yourself deep in extended…
by PAUL COLLITS – THOSE who lament the world’s current state and who shake their heads at the key question of the age – how in God’s name did we get here? – should, perhaps, ponder two telling developments, and, more importantly…
by PAUL COLLITS – ’TIS the season to be … thinking about Australians of the Year. Every good awards system has an alternate of the vox populi kind. Think the People’s Choice. Or the Bald Archies. Well, perhaps we should have a…
by PAUL COLLITS – WE’VE had neo-conservatism and neo-liberalism, neither of which has much advanced the interests of ordinary people. Neo-conservatives give us endless wars with (literally) no outcomes other than the advancement of what President Eisenhower termed the military industrial complex. …
by NINA NGUYEN – A FAMOUS British headmistress known for her rigorous enforcement of school rules has said “progressive” teaching is failing students. Katharine Birbalsingh, who has been called “Britain’s meanest headmistress,” said in a speech at the Centre for Independent Studies…
by PAUL COLLITS – THE list of sins of Australian cricket’s administrators and its practitioners is long and impressive. Where to start? One statistic might help to set the scene. During the COVID “pandemic”, Cricket Australia announced that, reluctantly, it had to…
A PATHETICALLY woke Liberal Party was hammered in Victoria’s general election last weekend – and grassroots political pundits have little doubt NSW will be next. As the once centre-Right Party stubbornly continues to target inner-city Leftists (who have never and will never…
by BETTINA ARNDT – WE’VE come a long way from the days when female reviewers grumbled that men won all the star parts in movies whilst female characters were one-dimensional props to hero males. Many of the producers and playwrights churning out…
LIBERAL Leader Peter Dutton has thrown in the towel and left the ring just as the West has begun its fightback against the Left’s unholy dystopia. From Italy to Sweden to Hungary, France and even the USA, conservatives are wresting back power…
by PAUL COLLITS – THERE is nothing quite like a woke, sporting sponsorship mishmash to get people bleating platitudes and hypocrisy and avoiding the real issue. If you thought the netball nonsense was put to bed following Gina Rhinehart’s brilliant decision to…
