The Journal
Politics
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Bolt Wrong on Katter
Andrew Bolt’s blog changed format today, making it harder to read. It also now requires registration to access, although registration is free and gives you the entire Herald Sun site. It will only be free for two months,…
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Nothing is Free
I have said this before, but campaign promises in Queensland and arguments in US about health insurance coverage make the point worth repeating. When people say something should be free, what they are really saying is…
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Labor Party = Celebrity Apprentice
The Australian Labor Party is the girls’ team on Celebrity Apprentice, and Lisa Lampanelli is Kevin Rudd in drag.
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By the Pricking of My Thumbs
Something is coming that will leave the world a different place. Not something wicked perhaps, though made necessary by wickedness. Certainly something sad, bad and dangerous. I wrote a couple of days ago about what I thought…
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John Howard Earns Order of Merit
I am not sure ‘earns’ is the right word, but it is, as Governor General Quentin Bryce noted in her congratulations to John Howard, ‘a rare and singular honour for his service to Australia.’ It is…
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Happy 2012? Probably Not
I wholeheartedly wish and pray for my readers and all people of goodwill, a happy, purposeful, peaceful and prosperous New Year. But I don’t think it is going to happen. Over the last six years the UN…
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Warming? What Warming?
It certainly isn’t getting any warmer here, with the coolest start to Summer in Australia for the last fifty years. But according to the alarmists, that’s just weather. Ed Caryl suggests that most of the land based…
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On The Persistent Promulgation Of Platitudes
It is a tad disappointing that church leaders trot out the same bland comments about illegal immigrants year after year. You might hope that if all they can up with is platitudes, they could at least try to…
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Not Such A Happy Christmas
I would have thought the primary motivation for becoming a journalist was to make the world a better place by helping people to know the truth. So it is a constant source of dismay that so many…
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If he Wants Money, Get A Job
Via Wizbang. What strikes me about this is not so much the courage, but the kindness of the store clerk. Mustafa comes at him with a gun, threatening his life for money. Derek knocks the robber…
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Carter and Condolences
Jimmy Carter is a kind-hearted and sincere man who, partly because of his own honesty and gentleness, cannot seem to believe in the dishonesty and brutality of others. He is a Christian who does not believe people…
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Hitchens and Gingrich on the War on Terror
The best tribute to the despicable and admirable Christopher Hitchens is to read, hear and inwardly digest his words. This interview taped in 2002 for Uncommon Knowledge is brilliant. Two highly intelligent, eloquent men, with deep knowledge of…
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A Darn Good Question
Why is the world silent on the constant terrorist attacks on Israel? From the Chicago Tribune, by Ron Prosor, Israel’s Permanent Envoy to the UN: Silence. Just silence from the U.N. Silence from Palestinian President Mahmoud…
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The NBN Goes Down the Toilet
If there was ever any way the outrageously expensive National Broadband Network could have paid for itself, that prospect ended on Friday: NBN Co has been forced to back down on its plans to restrain Telstra from…
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How to Make a Point Without Leaving a Mess
Unlike the occupy mobsters, these ladies have a point, it is a point worth making, they don’t leave a mess for anyone else to clean up, and no one got raped or murdered. Femen 5, Occupiers…
