Thursday, February 6, 2025
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In Musa al-Gharbi's notable book We Have Never Been Woke, the woke professional classes emote over justice and equality. While delivering for the 1%. Society - Stephen Saunders
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Why is it that environmentalists insist on spending money and resources on litigating against the oil, coal, gas and nuclear industries, instead of advancing technologies that truly encapsulate the full circular economy of the energy cycle? Environment - Ronald Stein, Robert Jeffrey and Olivia Vaughan - 2 comments
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Wednesday, February 5, 2025
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Most Kosovars hope that the February national election and the formation of a new coalition government will usher in a promising new era that will substantially improve the day-to-day lives of ordinary people. International - Alon Ben-Meir - 1 comment
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In 2020 The term 'wind droughts' began to appear in the literature of the Energy Realists of Australia and in the notorious Integrated System Plan. Environment - Rafe Champion - 8 comments
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Tuesday, February 4, 2025
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Another item in climate alarmists' 'book of rules' is the requirement that they are helping protect the environment and wildlife when they promote wind and solar power. Environment - Tom Harris
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On October 23, 2023, the British Library, one of the world's finest repositories of knowledge, was subjected to a cyber-attack. Education - Binoy Kampmark - 2 comments
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Monday, February 3, 2025
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A humanitarian catastrophe of staggering proportions has been brought on by the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, which intensified in February 2022. International - Yuri Koszarycz - 3 comments
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Now that the first phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire is in place, with some ongoing hiccups, the question is, will the second phase follow, and what lesson, if any, has Hamas learned following 15 months of horrendous death and destruction? International - Alon Ben-Meir - 11 comments
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Friday, January 31, 2025
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Rutte is a martial type keen to advance the rule of the gun in the service of the alliance. The result is the evil of banality delivered in poesy. International - Binoy Kampmark - 4 comments
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Rubio established his credentials when addressing the Republican Jewish Coalition on 3 December 2015. International - David Singer - 2 comments
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Thursday, January 30, 2025
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Trumpism is just so much more than The Art of the Deal.Trump is much deeper than the dynamics of The Apprentice. Trumpism has much more depth than his personal branded ‘popularism’. International - Murray Hunter - 8 comments
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If the objective is to get more people into homes they can afford, and quickly, we need to lower our standards and risk taking new approaches. Nation Building - Ross Elliott - 10 comments
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Wednesday, January 29, 2025
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The Convention's nine chapters provide a detailed approach of modalities to prevent and combat the global problem of cybercrime while also including appropriate human rights safeguards. Law & Liberties - Ioan Voicu - 1 comment
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What GF didn't know, was that I was a Scot who had repeatedly watched 'Chariots of Fire' and 'Braveheart' and I set out not only to fight, but to beat him. Economics - Stuart Ballantyne
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Tuesday, January 28, 2025
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When relative risks are inflated and absolute risks ignored, the result is not informed consent but unnecessary anxiety. Let's not lose sight of moderation-in drinking and in public health messaging. Health - Steven Schwartz - 5 comments
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Joe Biden still has some embarrassments to experience as he reconciles himself to the loss of office. International - Teck Lim
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Friday, January 24, 2025
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Donald Trump is no longer the Apprentice. He is now the Master Craftsman. International - Peter Fenwick - 6 comments
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The international community jetted off on a fool's errand to Norway on 15 January for the third meeting of the Global Alliance for the Implementation of the Two-State solution. International - David Singer
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Thursday, January 23, 2025
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There’s no limit to what the Labor Government will do in an attempt to achieve the unachievable. Economics - John Mikkelsen - 13 comments
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Denial, ignorance and ideology lie behind dangerous thinking on fire management. Environment - Mark Poynter - 8 comments
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025
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Climate change deniers, including President Trump, insist that there is no such thing as climate change and that measures taken to combat it only decrease economic productivity and stifle growth. Environment - Alon Ben-Meir - 4 comments
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The latest report, however, in the The Economist about the impending Australian federal election casts strong doubts about the journal's knowledge and understanding of Australian politics. Media - Scott Prasser - 3 comments
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Tuesday, January 21, 2025
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Incoming US President Donald Trump claimed the lion's share. And why not? With his inauguration on January 20, the timing of the ceasefire, with Israel finally relenting, was no coincidence. International - Binoy Kampmark - 4 comments
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Weeks become months and months become years in this real-life version of the Utopia TV series. Nation Building - Ross Elliott - 7 comments
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Monday, January 20, 2025
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Recognizing the horror the Syrian people have endured over the past 14 years, the question is, will Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Ahmed al-Sharaa follow through on his public promises to transform Syria. International - Alon Ben-Meir - 4 comments
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One of the reasons conservatives have steadily lost power to the left over the past 50 years is because we have not made a proper study of the tools used against us. Environment - Tom Harris - 6 comments
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Friday, January 17, 2025
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The 70-paragraph telegram from the US Embassy in Moscow, which has assumed the status of legend, came from analyst E. Wayne Merry in March 1994. International - Binoy Kampmark - 7 comments
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Any solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, if ever one is to present itself, must always address the need for Israel to defend itself. International - Peter Bowden - 19 comments
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Thursday, January 16, 2025
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Australia has yet to see the fabled white elephants of the sea and remains at the mercy of the US Congress. International - Binoy Kampmark - 6 comments
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I am currently a victim of X Member Censorship - having received this notice when I sought to access the X site of Ali Shihabi – an advisor to Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Salman. International - David Singer
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025
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Regardless of the 2025 election, voters get duopoly dinner: environmental and energy sellout, regressive education, unfair taxation, mega migration, housing hunger games. Domestic Politics - Stephen Saunders - 11 comments
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This means that the Queensland parliament cannot discuss, ask questions, make representations, draft amendments or even accept citizens’ petitions expressing concerns about its own legislation on abortion. Political Philosophy - Scott Prasser - 10 comments
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Tuesday, January 14, 2025
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In short, we gradually find ourselves in a globalising society where many values have been entirely or partly upended, turned inside out, and starkly contrasted to what we once considered commonsensical and reasonable. Political Philosophy - Mamtimin Ala - 24 comments
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From the discovery of fire to the Industrial Revolution, each leap in energy transformation has reshaped societies, increasing productivity, reducing poverty, and improving living standards. Economics - Ronald Stein, Robert Jeffrey and Olivia Vaughan - 2 comments
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Monday, January 13, 2025
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Long ago, in high school maths, I was taught about the value of 'elegant solutions'. A correct answer might be good; an elegant correct one is better. Science & Technology - Tom Biegler - 11 comments
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A recent article in the Wall Street Journal reported that attorneys-general of many blue states are not going to give up quietly when Donald Trump, as President, begins to honour his election promises, such as the mass deportation of illegals. International - Philip Lillingston - 2 comments
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Friday, January 10, 2025
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The Trump comment has focussed attention on the growing importance generally of the Arctic region for global politics. International - Keith Suter - 3 comments
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If you want to fight back against Wokeism, the most successful and potent arguments are more likely to be found in the writings of Paul the Apostle than anyone from the Enlightenment. Religion & Spirituality - Graham Young - 10 comments
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Thursday, January 9, 2025
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Energised electrons (electricity) are devout followers of the Laws of Nature; they do not bend to any ideology, fashion nor to any act of a parliament. Ideologies have to bend to the Laws of Nature not the reverse. Environment - Charles Hemmings - 5 comments
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The Jordan is Palestine Committee grew into an international movement holding conferences in London, New York and Israel – coming to an end only when Israel and the PLO signed the Oslo Accords in 1993. International - David Singer
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Wednesday, January 8, 2025
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Trump must know that denying the Palestinian right to statehood and conceding further Palestinian land to Israel is a recipe for the next horrific inferno. International - Alon Ben-Meir - 4 comments
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My suggestion is that Australia start a movement to strengthen UN peacekeeping. International - Peter Bowden - 25 comments
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