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Mark Steyn article: The Emperor’s Moral Narcissism

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This is a vitally important, but deeply disturbing summary of the quandary facing Europe, by the brilliant and straight-to-the-point Mark Steyn.  He summarises how Europe's birthrate has declined well below replacement levels, and in...

XYZ Quote of the Day: Ronald Reagan and Cultural Libertarianism

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Our Quote of the Day comes from someone who epitomised the idea driving the new Cultural Libertarians, and a quote which highlights one of the driving ideas of The XYZ. "Government's first duty is to...

The Lecture on the Mount: Pope Francis’s speech to Capitol Hill

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If the faithful came to Capitol Hill hoping to be spiritually wowed by a papal sermon to rival that delivered by the Galilean master on another hill at another time, they would have left...

Anti-radicalisation kit – up in smoke

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The government's newly launched "Anti-radicalisation awareness kit" has attracted ridicule and condemnation for linking alternative music and environmental activism with violent extremism. Whilst the news gave me a bit of a chuckle, the whole project...

Change.org petition: Ban the use of the word “whitey” by black people

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We call on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), the Australian government, and US President Barack Obama to ban the use of the word "whitey" by non-white people. This racial slur has the effect...

Why I protest with my words

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As readers of the XYZ, you will note that there is a strong concern with the de-facto open borders of the EU and the subsequent mass migration it is heralding. On the one had, progressives...

Presenting the inaugural Dworkin Award

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Yesterday was Ernie Day, a time to celebrate the annual flagellation of uppity males who have yet not bowed to – and in some cases, who have openly attacked – the self-righteousness of that...

XYZ Viewer Poll: Who will play off in the 2015 AFL Grand Final?

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Who will play off in the 2015 AFL Grand Final? It's getting down to the pointy end of the season now.  18 contenders have been whittled down to 8, then 6, now 4.  The question...

Tragedy strikes Hajj again

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In the new spiritual home of the UN's Human Rights Council, an annual, but predictable, tragedy has occured yet again. The pointless deaths now tally at least 717. It must be made clear that...

You have the right to be crucified and beheaded: Human Rights in Saudi Arabia

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An international campaign has been launched to try and prevent the crucifixion and beheading of young Saudi man, Ali Mohammed al-Nimr. Mr al-Nimr was arrested at a pro-democracy demonstration in 2012 when he was just...