When is security not security?
Yesterday's crowd of 80 000 at the MCG for the Big Bash League match between the Melbourne Renegades and the Melbourne Stars took everybody by surprise. In fact, the popularity of the entire competition...
Hands off Homosexual Rhodes
Clementine Aly, our token Muslim lesbian feminist activist, is The XYZ's loose cannon. Ze is here to give you a window into the views and mindsets present (and sometimes prevalent) among our lefty elitist...
The Racism of Low Expectations
I have previously dealt with the issue of "racism of low expectations." This is a problem which particularly affects those who would regard themselves as staunchly opposed to any form of racism, namely those...
Warning – this story contains disturbing hypocrisy
Warning - this story contains disturbing hypocrisy
Today in Melbourne, courageous opponent of all forms of discrimination and hate speech (well, all except one perhaps), Clementine Ford, named and shamed a man whom she overheard...
Straight to the Point: Kenny skewers Windsor
The wonderful moment when journalist Chris Kenny skewers political coward and attention seeker Tony Windsor. As you may recall, the rural Socialist propped up the Gillard Labor / Green government and then declined to...
Obama’s Control of Guns, Quote of the Day
In his first weekly address of 2016, President Barack Obama has vowed to use "whatever power this office holds" to introduce tighter gun control in the United States.
Stepping aside from the issue of gun...
T20 Cricket should be the only One Day Cricket
At this very moment, a crowd of over 80 000 people are at the MCG, watching the "derby" between the Melbourne Renegades and Melbourne Stars, in the Australian Big Bash League. If all that...
Political Correctness Must Fall
Young man from the KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa wins a prestigious scholarship, worth more than AUD $100,000 a year, to study law at Oriel College, Oxford. One might think his response is one...
Can anyone be truly selfish?
There has always been a big, big question mark around the concept of altruism. At its worst, calls for others to give freely can often be a cover for naked theft. Just above this,...
