Having watched the disgusting spectacle of Scott Morrison parading around devastated areas trying to shake people’s hands against their will,…

Forget about Royal ‘experts’ who claim that there is some ‘Royal Split’, that Prince Charles and Prince William are ‘incandescent’…

There has been enough social commentary on our bushfire crisis and climate change to fill Lake Eyre, so I’ll refrain…

Listen… Do you hear it? The(ir) ABC is playing the world’s teeny tiniest violin. They want us to believe they…

You’d think the last thing the Greens would want to do at the moment is produce more hot air, but…

People like me with families and friends overseas are getting concerned and panicky messages to check if we’re safe in…

When Aristotle wrote his treatise on politics, he explained in some detail his most practical regime, the one that was…

One of the most popular — and best-named books — ever written about Hollywood was Harold Robbins’s novel The Dream Merchants. Published…

In the days since the assassination of Iranian Revolution Guard Corps leader Major General Qassem Soleimani and the subsequent Iranian missile attack this morning on…

As Iran fires off missiles at US military bases — but avoiding the big ones with lots of American soldiers — in…

As catastrophic bushfires continue to rage across south-eastern Australia, as property continues to burn, human and animal lives continue to…

It’s an ill wind and all that — and the Greens are certainly making hay while the bush burns. Only…

Ricky Gervais, putative hero of the common man, was at his acerbic best at the Golden Globes, laying down a…

The fire-lighter was the most powerful tool that early humans brought to Australia. Fires lit by Aboriginal men and women…

Democracy allows choice and freedom.  From the land that has finally delivered Brexit, the next battleground is as eye–raising as…

The word unprecedented is applied to almost every bad thing that happens at the moment, as though particular events could…

Fiscal profligacy is breaking out all over. Australia is an exception, but many other countries have given up on efforts…

If you’ve managed to avoid the cesspit of social media so far this year, a quick word of advice –…

According to my calculations and estimates, the number of individuals around Australia whose arson has contributed to the current bushfire…

The Dow Jones is up, US unemployment is down, wages are rising, manufacturing jobs are returning. And now this: A recent…

In November, the(ir) ABC, ran an episode of Q&A which condoned violence. On November 4, Egyptian-American journalist Mona Eltahawy justified violence…

Most people don’t know this, but in a previous life my fame was legendary. As Gypsy Geraldina, queen of the fortune tellers,…

The meaning of most holidays is clear: Valentine’s Day celebrates romance; Thanksgiving, productivity; Anzac Day the soldiers who protect us…

Matt Kean, the New South Wales Minister for the Environment, recently blamed climate change for the current bushfires in Australia.  He…