Modern progressivism presents itself as the enlightened endpoint of history, compassionate, evidence-based, and always on the side of the future. Strip away the branding and the new vocabulary, and what remains is older material: a loosely assembled mixture of twentieth-century collectivist instincts, none of which have been cleanly reconciled with...
The controversy surrounding federal government grants to the MyCentre mosque in Broadmeadows, Melbourne, has raised a question extending far beyond any particular religious organisation: how carefully does the Australian government scrutinise the organisations receiving taxpayers' money, and how much information should the public be entitled to see...
The Montreal case of Natasha Graham is a clear illustration of how press freedom and ordinary liberties can erode in practice even when they remain formally protected on paper. An independent investigative journalist and petite single mother was filming a protest involving Islamist and pro-Hamas elements in Montreal's Old City in April 2025. Protes...
The benefits of physical exercise extend far beyond stronger muscles, improved cardiovascular fitness and weight control. One of the most remarkable discoveries of modern neuroscience is that exercise changes the brain itself, influencing its chemistry, blood circulation, cellular functioning and, over longer periods, aspects of its structure. Thes...
The pandemic exposed a profound moral hazard: corporations gained extraordinary leverage over governments while transparency, accountability, and the public interest took a back seat. Another pandemic must not become another bonanza for pharmaceutical corporations empowered by public fear and government desperation. COVID-19 exposed something deepl...
The Australia Marches national tour, a truck rolling through capitals and regional towns from Brisbane to Darwin, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra between September and November 2026, is a deliberately old-school move. A liveried rig, mobile stage, face-to-face rallies and the simple act of turning up in places like Gladstone, Mackay...
"It's a mathematical situation intensifying as Europe burns thanks to the international cooperation of far-left revolutionary separatists who demand a 'new Europe' built on the ruin of 'old Europe'. Children have been filmed saying that violence and the murder of civilians is justified in this quest of revolution. Without saying another word on the...
Australia is on the brink of a national emergency of almost biblical proportions: a catastrophic shortage of Uber Eats delivery drivers! Experts warn that without immediate action, millions of Australians may soon face the unthinkable horror of having to leave their couches, walk to the fridge, or, worst of all, cook something. The situation is par...
Janet Albrechtsen, writing in The Australian on October 14, 2026, has delivered a forceful diagnosis of the Liberal Party's ideological decline. Her argument is that Angus Taylor cannot rebuild the party while its progressive faction continues to undermine its conservative identity. She calls for the expulsion of Malcolm Turnbull, a decisive reject...
The war with Iran has settled into a temporary lull, but almost no one on either side treats it as more than a holding pattern. Michael Snyder's recent Substack lays out the Iranian reading of the situation clearly: fighting has been put on pause until after the 3 November US midterms, after which the Trump administration and Israel are expected to...
Thousands of people reported mental health challenges — including at least two suicides and three attempted suicides — to V-safe after receiving COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched the V-safe app in December 2020 to allow the public to report adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccin...
Greta Thunberg has turned up in France, joining the latest wave of student protests against supposed deteriorating educational conditions, teacher shortages and overcrowded classrooms. The Swedish activist, who first achieved international celebrity by skipping school to protest against climate change, has now found herself campaigning alongside Fr...
A recent Adelaide Now report notes that many Australians still back the wooden spoon as a tool of discipline even as reformers push to treat ordinary smacking as an assault offence. The campaign, focused especially on Queensland's review of the "reasonable chastisement" defence, would ban implements, any force to the head, face or neck, and effecti...
My nephew lost his job in construction; injuries made his work progress too slow. He wanted something lighter. I spent the morning going around the CBD asking food places if they need a hand. These were places with signs on the glass advertising work wanted. I asked Chinese, Indian and all sorts of diverse establishments. Every single one of them s...
In early October 2026, Japan's senior cybersecurity officials described the country as being in a "state of emergency in cyber space." Masaaki Taira, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's cybersecurity strategy body (and associated with the National Cybersecurity Strategy Headquarters), used the phrase after an emergency meeting. Cybersecur...
Few human experiences could be more terrifying than awakening inside a coffin, particularly if the coffin has already been lowered into the ground. The possibility has haunted the human imagination for centuries, inspiring Gothic literature, bizarre inventions and countless newspaper reports. Yet is premature burial a genuine historical pheno...
Most of us think of powerful AI as something that lives in giant data centres owned by big companies. Anthropic's recent research suggests that picture may be about to change. Small AI models could soon be able to copy themselves onto ordinary household gadgets, cheap Android TV boxes, smart ovens, security cameras and the like, and keep spreading ...
Local councils in England are being handed wider powers to take control of privately owned homes left vacant for only six months. Under reforms to Empty Dwelling Management Orders announced by the Labour government in late September 2026, the previous two-year threshold is cut sharply, and the requirement to show anti-social behaviour or comm...
On October 12, 2026, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a new pandemic declaration, with 153 countries voting in favor, three against, and two abstaining. The United States, Israel, and Argentina voted against the declaration. Buried within the nine-page document is a provision that should concern anyone who values scientific freedom, info...
In early October 2026 Donald Trump told supporters that a Democratic victory in the midterms would produce "an economic depression much like 1929." He repeated the line at rallies and in Truth Social videos, pairing it with a promise of roughly $5,000 "Trump dividend" payments if Republicans hold both houses. The warning is classic campaign r...
