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A male and female nurse speak into the camera. There is an Australian flag in the bottom corner of the screen.

Australian Healthcare’s Darkest Hour

The NSW nurses have not just threatened individual patients—they have desecrated what it means to be Australian.

Claire Lehmann

12 Feb 2025 · 4 min read

Reader Favourites

Donald Symons as a young man. Black-and-white phot

Sage of Sex and Psyche

Remembering Don Symons (1942–2024).

Steven Pinker

4 Feb 2025 · 12 min read

Two firefighters, next to a fire truck, by the side of a highway, across from a blaze.

Three Hard Truths About California’s Fire Crisis

Climate change makes fires more dangerous. Government competence matters. And preventing catastrophic fires requires expensive, unpopular measures.

Claire Lehmann

12 Jan 2025 · 7 min read

Justin Trudeau in a grey suit and striped tie, in front of Canadian flags. He a salt-and-pepper beard and curly brown hair.

Shame on Us for Ever Believing Him

Justin Trudeau convinced me he was a sunny patriot who’d unify Canada. What I got instead was a cynical culture warrior who smeared opponents as bigots and defamed my country as a genocide state.

Jonathan Kay

7 Jan 2025 · 8 min read

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The Evisceration of Hong Kong

From laissez-faire to lèse-majesté: an embarrassment in four fits.

Geoff Privisant

11 Feb 2025 · 13 min read

Sticking to Reality

Humankind’s propensity to believe convenient fiction is as old and strong as our propensity for war. The United States needs to adopt a pragmatic deterrence strategy.