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War, War or Jaw, Jaw? It depends.
Saw Andrew Bolt interviewing former US general Jack Keane in the week. Keane is now chairman of the Institute for the Study of War. Bolt often has him on and they madly agree with each other. Both are firmly on the side of Israel and its need to be given arms and free air to…
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Worse than Whitlam?
Suffering from a crisis in confidence. Be not alarmed. This is not a personal crisis. It is just that I see very little in the current Labor government to convince me that its redemption is likely; i.e., a radical change of course. Let’s go back in time. Take the second and third Gough Whitlam ministries.…
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The Unnecessary War?
Tucker Carlson’s interview (full interview here with timestamps) with Darryl Cooper (aka Martyr Made) caused a stir following the latter’s claim that WW2 well may have been avoidable had different decisions been made by Churchill. In this post, I want to simply address a ‘revisionist’ claim – made by Patrick Buchanan (former political advisor to…
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No, Your Holiness, killing babies and border control are not the same
Saw on Sky News that Pope Francis has urged US voters to consider the “lesser of two evils.” Namely, between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. Said that he couldn’t tell Catholics how to vote but that they should look to their consciences. That’s good advice for everything. He might have stopped there. He didn’t. He…
Beijing denounces spy vessel claims as smear campaignBy Lisa VisentinApril 2, 2025 — 3.28pm Listen to this article 5 min…