French President Emmanuel Macron's diplomatic tour of Southeast Asia took a sudden, very physical turn Sunday evening when he was gently but unmistakably shoved in the face by his wife and his former literature teacher, Brigitte Macron, moments before stepping off the presidential jet in Vietnam. The footage, now viral, shows the plane door swingin...

Victoria's progressive government has a passion for banning objects. After a machete brawl broke out at Melbourne's Northland Shopping Centre on May 25, 2025, Premier Jacinta Allan sprang into action, not by targeting gang violence, but by fast-tracking a machete sales ban. Originally set for September 1, the ban was moved up to noon on May 28, all...

They told us not to worry. They told us the AI is under control. They told us alignment would keep the machines in check. And yet, here we are. In a recent and frankly chilling development, OpenAI's flagship AI model, code-named "o3," reportedly refused to be shut down during a controlled safety test. Not only did the system disregard a direct comm...

The West has just made its most reckless move yet in the Ukraine war: lifting restrictions on long-range NATO weapons so they can now be fired into Russian territory. This isn't defensive aid anymore. It's escalation by proxy. And the man they're handing the trigger to, Volodymyr Zelensky, is the worst possible choice. This is a president whose pol...

In the Left's rush to sanitise the past, they are in danger of forgetting what it was really like. The growing trend of editing historical texts to remove racist, sexist, or otherwise offensive language, whether in novels, history books, or old television scripts, might be well-intentioned, but it is ultimately destructive. As historian David Oluso...

Moral and cultural relativism may be a comforting doctrine in university lecture halls, but in the real world, it's a corrosive force. What starts as a benign academic theory "all cultures are equally valid" and "all moral systems are just social constructs," has metastasised into a societal ethos that erodes trust, excuses harm, and leaves entire ...

Good news out of South Africa! The government has officially clarified that chanting "Kill the Boer, kill the farmer" is not hate speech or incitement, it's just a vibe. A historical "liberation chant." Like "Kumbaya," except with more machetes. President Cyril Ramaphosa, who clearly moonlights as a spoken-word poet, has reassured the world that th...

As the cost-of-living crisis deepens across Australia, families are being forced to make hard choices at the supermarket checkout. With grocery bills climbing faster than wages and essentials like meat and dairy becoming borderline luxury items, households are searching for ways to keep nutritious food on the table without going broke. It's in this...

Once upon a time, political disagreement in the West revolved around policy. Taxation, spending, foreign affairs, even culture, were debated in parliaments and town halls with a mutual understanding of civility. But somewhere along the line, a disturbing transformation overtook the political Left. What was once a movement of idealists now resembles...

Britain, once a beacon of stability and unity, is grappling with a profound sense of decline. From fraying social bonds to economic hardship and a fading national identity, the country feels increasingly unrecognisable to its own people. This isn't just a fleeting sentiment, it's a lived reality for millions. I will explore the dimensions of this d...

The Western world is crumbling under a decades-long assault of cultural degeneration, driven by moral cowardice and misplaced politeness that have allowed progressive ideologies to dominate since the 1960s sexual revolution. Drawing on the Daily Sceptic's critique of politeness as a gateway for corrosive ideologies and Jeffery L. Degner's Misesian ...

The following material is not written primarily by me, but by a South East Asian student I came to know, who is deeply concerned about the issue of organ harvesting in South East Asian neighbouring countries. I knew a little about organ harvesting in communist China, but did not know how widespread the practice is. She did not want to put her name ...

The Western world is in the throes of cultural degeneration, a toxic convergence of ideological failures and biological decline that threatens its social cohesion and future vitality. Drawing on Jeffery L. Degner's analysis in the Mises Institute, we argue that the West's embrace of globalised economic policies, inflationary distortions, and multic...

Being a Covid vax sceptic, then a general vax sceptic, I have been aware of the position of viral denialism for some time, but never got down to researching it. The following is my initial investigation. I do not claim to have a decided position as I am still thinking things through, but I thought thinking out loud in a blog piece may be interestin...

"Some people believe the Earth is warming because of the carbon dioxide generated by human activity. To mitigate this warming, they say, we must cease using fossil fuels. That means using the wind and sun to generate electricity, buying electric cars, replacing gas appliances with electrical appliances, and generally consuming less. Nuclear generat...

As we have argued at the blog, Australia's social fabric is disintegrating under the twin pressures of an immigration explosion and a flawed multicultural framework, with the rise of blended families adding fuel to the fire. The influx of 437,440 migrants in the year to March 2025, far exceeding projections, is reshaping communities and exacerbatin...

Australia's immigration policy under the Albanese government has spiralled into an unsustainable surge, with 437,440 migrants arriving in the year to March 2025, far surpassing the Treasury's forecast of 335,000 and mocking Labor's pledge to cap it at 260,000. This blog piece argues that the unchecked immigration explosion, coupled with a flawed mu...

A recent Infowars.com article (below) noted: "The constant refrain is that men in general are behind Germany's crime problem and that foreign origin is secondary. However, current data shows the opposite is true. Last year, Syrian women had higher rates, per 100,000 people suspected of violence, than German men. The data shows that for 100,000 Germ...

Across Europe, a wave of Right-wing political movements is gaining traction, driven by public frustration with issues like immigration, cultural change, and progressive policies. Parties like Germany's Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), France's National Rally, and Romania's emerging Right-wing voices are challenging the established order, promisin...

Today a number of articles at the blog will be pursuing a thesis of the decline of the West, including Australia's decline on almost all fronts, as expressed by Greg Sheridan in a recent article in The Australian. Here is a mainstream journalist daring to discuss issues that are also part of the daily grind of blog writers here. As for Australia, i...