Freedom of Speech is Dead!
“Free speech is dead and controlled by leftist overlords.” Thus the shrill voice of Donald Trump Jr. informed those who were prepared to listen to […]
Politics
Seeking the Post COVID Sunshine: The Bipartisan No Malarkey Era Approaches
By Denis Bright Civil disobedience in Washington has cleared the decks for a quite proactive era for President Joe Biden. More irreversible foreign policy escapades […]
Trump, Insurrections and the 25th Amendment
How strange it must have seemed for US lawmakers to be suddenly facing what was described as a “mob”, not so much storming as striding […]
The Economy, COVID-19 and Global Warming
And – when it comes to importance – the issue of greatest importance is – Global Warming. Clearly the economy has a very significant importance, […]
Seeking the Post-COVID-19 Sunshine: Consolidating the Slender US Progressive Mandate from Georgia
By Denis Bright Early returns from the special senate vote in Georgia on 5 January 2021 do suggest that Vice President Kamala Harris may have […]
“It’s not as bad as Iwo Jima, I suppose”: The Julian Assange Extradition Verdict
The barrister-brewed humour of Edward Fitzgerald QC, one of the solid and stout figures defending a certain Julian Assange of WikiLeaks at the Old Bailey […]
Assange has a Window of Opportunity!
In a fairly lengthy judgement, District Judge (Magistrates’ Court) Vanessa Baraitser of the Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London has given Julian Assange breathing space by […]
Changing fortunes
Put an asterisk against January 20th 2021 in your calendar. For on this day the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the […]
Where have all the flowers gone?
Where have all the flowers gone? Long time passing. . . . . . Oh, When will you ever learn? Oh, When will you ever […]
The last words on Trump, hopefully
Goodness knows how many words I have written about this man. I want to think it is my last, but I’m not confident. 74,222,957 Americans […]
A criminally negligent federal government beneath the festive schmaltz.
Deck the halls with vows of folly. How good are good tidings, lies and promises you never, for a moment, intend to keep? All Aussies […]
Now would be a good time to pick up the phone to Beijing, Scomo!
I’m paraphrasing some media reports from the past week : “An Australian expeditioner has been medically evacuated from Antarctica, following a multinational effort by land, […]
A vision of a new world
“Beware of what you wish for” constitutes a wise warning! Updating our view of the future is an essential element of moving into a New […]
The Gold Comes Off: A COVID-19 outbreak in Sydney
Australia has various advantages as an island continent. It is monumental and only accessible in the most impractical ways. It is discouragingly far and almost […]
Pathetic leadership = pathetic policy = pathetic cabinet = pathetic governance
Is it just a rumour or another timely deflection? Ambassador to the USA, Arthur Sinodinos was rumoured to be ill and would be replaced by […]