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ABC – “What’s the Enlightenment?”

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BREAKING NEWS: Government MP George Christensen appeals to obscure eighteenth century movement known as "the Enlightenment" in supporting his appearance today at a Reclaim Australia rally in Queensland. The renegade MP, whom opposition leader Bill...

Viewer Poll: What do you find “nice” about ISIS.

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Dr Anne Aly, the go to academic on matters of global terrorism for the Fairfax press and the ABC, said at a counter terrorism conference during the week (we're not making this up, really)...

Rhetoric and reality

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Yesterday's Reclaim Australia rally exposed the disconnect between the rhetoric we hear from particular political groups, and the reality of their actions. The 'high moral ground' the progressive left claims for itself, and their so...

The ABC And the Great Bronnie Chopper Ride Saga

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Let’s get one thing clear straight away – the Bronwyn Bishop helicopter outrage is worthy of widespread condemnation, and represents a blatant misuse of taxpayers money. Good then, I think we’re all agreed on...

The Left’s Urge to Purge

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Why is this story from Breitbart important? It is a fair call to describe the growing momentum to purge America of any Confederate symbols as hysteria. The argument that the Confederate flag is a symbol...

Amateur photographers converge on Melbourne’s CBD for no apparent reason!

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Amateur photographers converged on Melbourne's CBD yesterday for no apparent reason. Some, who had obviously had no formal training, walked around pointing their phone cameras at random groups of closely clustered people. Others clearly...

What have the British ever done for us?

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So what have the British ever done for us anyway? Apart from the Rule of Law, that is; the Enlightenment with its University model of education and emphasis on acquiring knowledge, that I grant...

Reflections on reports of the ‘Reclaim’ rally

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Apparently there were some disturbances in the centre of Melbourne this weekend. As a philosophical type, I've never been one for rushing to the barricades with a hand painted placard – but rather more...

‘Reclaim Australia’ rally 18 July

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  Photo report: 'Reclaim Australia' Rally, 18 July 2015   Hundreds of police are out in force, and have set up lines to separate 'Reclaim' and counter-protesters.       Danny Nalliah from 'Rise UP Australia', and of 'Catch the Fire...

XYZ: where leftists delete their own comments in embarrassment

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It has been a tremendous opening 6 weeks for The XYZ, which has burst onto the Australian media landscape like Steve Smith crunching a short ball to the square leg boundary at Lords. The...