Commentary In May, with the support of the opposition and the left-wing Greens, the Queensland state Parliament adopted the Path to Treaty Act 2023. Although media outlets and opinion pages have been saturated with stories about “The Voice” and Indigenous claims to sovereignty, there has been little discussion of this potentially divisive Queensland legislation. Unsurprisingly,…
Queensland Liberal-Nationals’ Impotence on Full Display With Support for Treaty Bill
June 5, 2023
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When Do Political Campaign Donations Between Politicians Become Controversial?
June 5, 2023
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Commentary An Orange County Register article recently reported that House of Representatives member Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) donated $275,000 to the GOP campaign organization, as well as $2,000 each to 18 fellow Republicans. One of the beneficiaries of that $2,000 was Michelle Steel (R-Calif.), who represents the 45th Congressional District here in Southern California. The…
Japan at the G-7 Gets Its Way on China
Commentary A few weeks ago, a column in this space described Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s hopes for the G-7 meetings in Hiroshima. He wanted those powerful economies—Canada, France, Germany, Italy, his own Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States—to counter Beijing’s unfair and often bullying trade practices. He seems to have got what…
Operation Mountain Storm 2004: The Forgotten Female Searchers
Commentary A surprise mandatory meeting was held for all the female service members, officers, and enlisted alike, already deployed with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) after arriving in Afghanistan. The objective was made clear; the MEU had come up with a spur-of-the-moment idea. They were going to use “female searchers” to win the locals’…
How Exploring Family History Can Enrich and Refine Your Perspective
Commentary This spring, I found a card sent to me as a child from my paternal grandmother. In addition to her usual expressions of love and advice, my grandmother suggested that one of my ancestors came across the ocean on the Mayflower. Forgetting she had made such a statement years ago, and wanting to personally…
Exploring Your Family’s History Can Enrich and Refine Your Worldview
Commentary This spring, I found a card sent to me as a child from my paternal grandmother. In addition to her usual expressions of love and advice, my grandmother suggested that one of my ancestors came across the ocean on the Mayflower. Forgetting she had made such a statement years ago, and wanting to personally…
Thoughts on Liberty, With an Assist From Benjamin Constant
Commentary Writing on the anniversary of the “Tank Man” incident in Tiananmen Square (June 5, 1989), I find myself thinking about some signal anatomists of the totalitarian impulse. George Orwell, for example, would have been surprised to discover that his searing portrayals of tyranny have been adopted as how-to manuals by the new lobotomized left,…
Communist China’s Cyber Attacks Must Be Declared Acts of War
Commentary We have been fools. We will continue to be fooled until our politicians fight communist China’s unrestricted cyber warfare against the United States with more than hot air. The latest evidence of such warfare is a newly published Microsoft report documenting the breathtaking scope of this particular form of communist Chinese aggression. According to…
John Robson: The Great Indo-Pacific Rhetoric Patch
Commentary On the contentious doctrine of Purgatory, I do feel that time spent reading government press releases should earn some remission of sins. Even “Defence Minister Anita Anand Concludes Productive Trip to Singapore” causes a mix of ennui and anguish that should expunge something. And surely enduring “Canada to ‘significantly’ enhance military presence in Indo-Pacific…
Michael Taube: The Bible Has Been Banned in a School District Located In… Utah?!
Commentary “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t,” Mark Twain wrote in “Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World” (1897). Here’s a recent example where fiction would have been more plausible to believe than the truth that actually unfolded. A U.S. school district…
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