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Climate change oxymorons and ad hominems

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"Are there any phrases in today’s political lexicon more obnoxious than “the science is settled” and climate-change deniers'?" John Steele Gordon, writing for the Wall...

Conservative women in leadership

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The witch hunt against the Speaker of the House of Representatives has reached a new level of shrillness over the last few weeks with...

Student Totalitarians

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God help us if these student totalitarians ever get near real power before they have grown up - it will be the Gulag, or...

People die: Cameron criticised for using a word.

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Hundreds of thousands of migrants have flooded Europe in recent years, in a perfect storm of Middle East conflict, opportunistic people smugglers, and the...

Is the world going crazy?

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Permit me to share a personal confession: I feel like the world is going crazy. Perhaps it has always been, and I've only just realised. I started...

Hypocrites and Opportunists

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Not to be outdone by the Greens, Victorian Trades Hall Council (the Unions) are now joining the chorus of sanctimonious types lecturing everyone else...

Bad sports

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It has been widely noted over the past week that the Adam Goodes booing saga has exposed the nasty truth that the average football...

Landslide in Nepal

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Up to 20 people were killed today (our time) by a landslide following heavy rainfall in Nepal. The mountain nation is home to some...

A subtle and insidious racism

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On Tuesday, the Guardian's Celeste Liddle made light of Adam Goodes' "imaginary" and "invisible" spear which he threw into the "general direction of the crowd"...

What is up with Amnesty International?

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What on earth is up with Amnesty International? This once highly respected organisation continues to fail to speak out against some of the worst human...