Laying the Bear Trap: Orbán visits 10 Downing Street
His comments would not have fallen on deaf ears. While metropolitan London would have been aghast at his pedigree and remarks, a Brexit-audience in the […]
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A message to Quiet Australians®
Lies, corruption and incompetence are the new normal In a world awash with psychopathic tyrants, kleptocrats, killers and loons such as Trump, Putin, Bolsinaro, Netanyahu, […]
The Dominic Cummings Show
The former chief strategist for Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in a stroppy mood before the UK parliamentary Health and Science committee. For seven hours, […]
In The Third Person
THE WRITER sits down in front of his keyboard and muses over what subject to weave words around. He temporarily comes up blank. He stands […]
How It All Went Wrong: The Global Response to COVID-19
The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response was never likely to hand down a rosy report with gobbets of praise. Organised by the World […]
Liz Cheney, Dick Cheney and the Rule of Law
One could not accuse US Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming of having a sense of irony. For some time, she has felt her party to […]
“Blowing Smoke Up Your Arse”
A factual archive as true today as in the middle of the 18th century to explain the state of science, scientific enquiry and dogma through […]
Burned by the Diana Cult: The Fall of Martin Bashir
The interview was infamous, made his name and was bound to enrage. It also received a viewing audience of 23 million people who heard a […]
Branding the jab: the secret weapon to increase vaccination rates
University of South Australia Media Release As the global race for COVID-19 vaccination continues, new research from the University of South Australia shows that the […]
Coronavirus Travels and Cruising with Viking
It starts off as an exercise of anticipation. First comes the softening drinks and teasing morsels which find their mark. The audience at this promotions […]
The gilt comes off: Singapore goes into lockdown
A clean, technology driven dystopia. A representation of our techno future. These were the introductory descriptions to a piece by science fiction author William Gibson […]
Jlem Violence Mars Holy Week for Jews, Muslims Alike
By Andrew Friedman and Khaled Elomar It would be hard to think of a more painful way to mark the end of the holy month […]
“Elbowed and Hustled”: Australia’s Yellow Peril Problem
With the babble about Cold War paranoia becoming a routine matter in Canberra, the treacherous ground for war with China is being bedded down and […]
Held to Ransom: Colonial Pipeline and the Vulnerabilities of Critical Infrastructure
It should be making officials in the White House tremble. Critical infrastructure supplying 45% of the East Coast’s diesel, gasoline and jet fuel, left at […]