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5 Magic Apps For Prosperity
In his famous 1964 “A Time for Choosing” speech, Ronald Regan recounted a story: “Not too long ago, two friends of mine were talking to a Cuban refugee, a businessman who had escaped from Castro, and in the midst of his story one of my friends turned to the other and said, "We don't know how lucky we are." And the Cuban...
Brave Little Trooper
“To these people, the war is simply a continuous calamity which sweeps to and fro over their bodies like a tidal wave.” ...
Academic Independence Under Question
Australia is implementing tangible measures to counter the security threats imposed by Communist China. The AUKUS security pact has turned out to be a robust, bipartisan commitment and our PM has recently sealed the deal with India to strengthen the two countries’ trade and defence cooperation. These actions are loud and clear: Australia no longer wants to put all its eggs...
The Colonial Mindset
In the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America, people speak of the Spanish conquistadors as them. They invaded us, they murdered us. This allows populist leaders to frame the entire historical narrative of the region as a story of oppression, blaming their countries’ current misfortunes on the atrocities of colonisation; 200 years on. If blaming the Spanish Empire for the ex-colonies’ abysmal levels of poverty in the 21st century is not enough,...
Manufacturing Dissent: How Statistics Are Used To Lie, Manipulate And Divide
Recently, the creator of Dilbert, Scott Adams, became the subject of a furore where he encouraged people to not associate with black people on the basis of a poll run by Rasmussen Reports. Dilbert creator Scott Adams says that Rasmussen poll showing high level of Black racial animosity against Whites is the first opinion poll that has ever caused him...
Hugo Chávez: Spiritual Leader of The Woke
The 1999 Venezuelan Constitution, sponsored by the late Hugo Chávez as the foundation for his nascent revolution, has been described as “the non-sexist Magna Carta.” The writers of the document went to great lengths to use the Spanish masculine and feminine forms throughout the text. For example, presidente and presidenta are both used in quick succession to refer to the role of president, even though...
Remembering Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass (1817–1895) is considered by many to be America’s greatest African American. Booker T. Washington and Martin Luther King make up their top three. Born into slavery, Douglass became a free man and rose through the ranks to eventually become the first African American to receive a vote for nomination for President of the United States. His final years...
No. No. No. It’s Not A Chinese Spy Balloon
This month, there were reports of a Chinese 'spy balloon' flying over the airspace of the United States. Back home, we next had an announcement from Senator James Paterson (Liberal, Victoria) that there were more than 900 CCP surveillance cameras installed in various Commonwealth departments, including Defence and Foreign Affairs offices. It’s unnerving to discover Beijing’s surveillance of democratic nations, its governments and individual citizens. However,...
Lifting government’s foot off Aussie throats
If you believe in free markets and freedom, and are not familiar with the work of Thomas Sowell, then drop everything now, and Google his name. And if you have time, watch some YouTube videos of him. I guarantee that you will not be disappointed. If you have more time, read one of his books. My personal favourite is A Conflict of Visions. Very quickly, Sowell is an...
