As Russian dissident and The Gulag Archipelago author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn famously said: “The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. You can resolve to live your life with integrity. Let your credo be this: Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through […]
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The State versus the Individual
August 18, 2021 
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“Somehow Australia has gone from ‘protect your health’ to ‘if you don’t let us protect your health we’ll destroy your life’” – Alexandra Marshall, Writer. Approximately 16 million healthy people are currently in lockdown in Australia. 16 million healthy people currently being subjected to mental anguish and loss of livelihood. The lockdown crisis is much […]
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On Liberty, sans jab
June 15, 2021 Comments Off on On Liberty, sans jab
If ‘vaccination is our route to liberty,’ as Tony Blair recently said (what is it with former prime ministers insisting on spruiking wisdom 24-7?) there are many of us who might consider changing our idea of what constitutes liberty. But firstly, let’s be clear. To say that the vaccine is our route to liberty is […]
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Black Lives Matter, but they don’t need us to tell them that.
June 7, 2020 Comments Off on Black Lives Matter, but they don’t need us to tell them that.
Along with many Australians, I’m pretty annoyed about the BLM protests going ahead in this time of national crisis. While most of us have diligently stayed at home to avoid spreading the virus – including foregoing things that are very important to us, such as attending church or keeping our businesses alive – the tens […]
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State Governments are setting the (park) bench too high
April 7, 2020 Comments Off on State Governments are setting the (park) bench too high
A week or two back, during one of his now-regular-COVID-19-related addresses to the nation, ScoMo went to great lengths to assure the public that children were still going to be able to go to school and that maintaining their education was of paramount importance. In The Australian just last week, this information was confirmed: ‘The […]
Continue readingWelcome to the Glasshouse, where even Tim Minchin is afraid.
June 24, 2019 Comments Off on Welcome to the Glasshouse, where even Tim Minchin is afraid.
The bible says ‘Let him who is without sin cast the first stone’. Starting things off with a bible quote is not very popular, I know. Just ask Disney, who removed any trace of Christianity from their latest film Tolkein, even though the author’s works, most notably Lord of the Rings, were heavily inspired by […]
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A Twist in the Tale
September 9, 2018 Comments Off on A Twist in the Tale
Here are two recent examples of the narrative being twisted to suit the feminist agenda, one in the sphere of domestic politics and one in international sport. The toxic, so-called bullying environment in Australian Parliament—which is no doubt bad for all members—is being hyped as a key reason why women don’t go it to politics. […]
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The Bowditch Pitch 
How the jester shines light on truth
Jesters: On the surface they exist simply to entertain, to poke fun at us and show us how silly we can be, but their added value lies in aiding society’s conscience, by illuminating the truth that may be right under our noses but which we’ve somehow missed or chosen to ignore.
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