There's been a great deal of debate over Serena Williams' loss in the U.S. Open this weekend to Naomi Osaka, with some arguing that the penalties leveled on her by umpire Carlos Ramos were merited, and others arguing they were the result of his racial blindness. While I stand on ...read more
Australia is a country that, like most of the English-speaking nations of the world, is a staunch U.S. ally. So the news on Wednesday that Donald Trump's weekend call with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was an unmitigated disaster has sent a shock through the U.S. political ...read more
Dear Uncle Sam, Hello from your less evolved, backward relatives in Australia. We’re not Ozzies you know, it’s Aussies. Not with the “S” sound but a “Z” sound and a softer “O” sound: Not the halting “O” sound you guys make. (And we have nothing to do with Austria). Please ...read more
In a movement that purports to be inclusive, tolerant and progressive, liberalism is often anything but. Sadly, some of the left's biggest obstacles don't come from the far right, but uncompromising idealists who insist their rigid interpretation of political correctness must be ...read more
The level of deception in the reporting on Edward Snowden's stolen National Security Agency documents has reached an all time high. Or shall we say "low?" The latest item, an article by James Risen and Laura Poitras, is so obvious in its prevarication that it was shocking to see ...read more
(Photo: Indonesian soldiers, left, and navy special forces line up during a security parade last year. AFP) For the first time since June, a Snowden revelation could have serious life and death consequences. Not widely reported in the United States, a November article by The ...read more
Ultra nationalist Stephanie Banister, a 27-year-old mother of two from Queensland is Australia's answer to Sarah Palin. And amazingly, she's even more stupid. In fact she could be the dumbest politician alive today. "I don't oppose Islam as a country," the 'One Nation' ...read more
Major Western powers say they are expelling senior Syrian diplomats following the killing of 108 people in the Houla region of Syria on Friday. The United States, France, the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands and Switzerland all took action. Most of ...read more
