All Speccie readers know there is a particular kind of intellectual courage that costs nothing. It loves prudence, develops complexity from the ‘bleedin obvious’, and always concludes that more diplomacy, more patience, and more accommodation is the answer. It is the courage of the seminar room, the enterprise of the HR department, and the bravery of ...
He was the man with the most even temperament that I have ever known.
Knowing my father as a person didn’t really start until I went to university. Before that, I knew him simply as ‘my Dad’, which was a thoroughly good experience. Dad was measured in his speech and even in tone. If he did raise his voice (which was rare), the contrast seemed like the ...
Canada is taking risks with its sovereignty on the West Coast, and the rest of North America should be paying attention. Neither the provincial government of British Columbia, nor the Canadian federal government are willing to name it.
The elected governments of Canada and BC are losing their authority over land in the province, by their own hand and ...
What if you prayed relentlessly – ‘God, please design the perfect money for us humans on Earth…’
The ‘perfect money’, you tell God, needs to have the following attributes:
Durability: It should be chemically inert, hence almost indestructible – it should not rust, tarnish, or decay, so it can be passed on from generation to generation, for centuries, ...
Opposition leader Angus Taylor has defended preferencing One Nation ahead of high-profile independent Michelle Milthorpe in the Farrer May 9 byelection, declaring this was “the least worst option”. In a close result, preferences from the Liberals and Nationals could be vital in getting One Nation’s David Farley over the line,
Next week, the Court of Appeal will hear Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s appeal against a High Court decision that the proscription of Palestine Action last summer was unlawful. The case will be hugely consequential. Earlier this month, more than 500 people were arrested at a Palestine Action demonstration. In total, more than 2,700 people have been ...
On the morning of the 28 April 1986, a worker at the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant in Sweden set off the radiation alarm. The bottom of his shoe was contaminated. But the contamination hadn’t come from Forsmark. It had drifted from a reactor 780 miles to the south-east, still burning after it had exploded two days earlier: Unit Four at Chernobyl. The ...
The British high court is currently preparing to hear a case that will be conducted in accordance with Filipino law. While this may seem strange, increasingly disasters in far off lands are being litigated in British courts – and because of an obscure inherited piece of EU law, Rome II, the law of the country where the damage took place applies, rather ...
To many Dutch voters, it came as no great surprise. This week, the Senate rejected a package of immigration laws hailed by the outgoing Schoof government as the toughest ever devised. It was not merely the left that sank the proposals. Two members of the government’s coalition – Prime Minister Rob Jetten’s own D66 and the Christian Democrats – voted ...
The evening had started pleasantly enough. The most alarming thing about the party I was attending in the Hilton Hotel where the Washington Correspondents’ Dinner was being held were the $18 martinis. Those, and the woman in the nice black dress screaming “criminals” at the police as they dragged her out the door as I arrived.
Protesters had gathered ...
A fortnight ago, Jewish communities across Australia and the world paused for Yom HaShoah, a solemn remembrance of the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. Days later came Yom HaZikaron (Israel’s Memorial Day), honouring Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of terror, followed immediately by Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israel’s Independence Day), a ...
Donald and Melania Trump entered the hall at 8:16 to cheers and applause. “Hail to the Chief” was followed by presentation of the colors and the National Anthem. We had a brief introduction from Weijia Jiang, this year’s president of the White House Correspondents Association, followed by dinner.
Two questions hovered in the background. One, how would ...
All Speccie readers know there is a particular kind of intellectual courage that costs nothing. It loves prudence, develops complexity from the ‘bleedin obvious’, and always concludes that more diplomacy, more patience, and more accommodation is the answer. It is the courage of the seminar room, the enterprise of the HR department, and the bravery of ...
He was the man with the most even temperament that I have ever known.
Knowing my father as a person didn’t really start until I went to university. Before that, I knew him simply as ‘my Dad’, which was a thoroughly good experience. Dad was measured in his speech and even in tone. If he did raise his voice (which was rare), the contrast seemed like the ...
Canada is taking risks with its sovereignty on the West Coast, and the rest of North America should be paying attention. Neither the provincial government of British Columbia, nor the Canadian federal government are willing to name it.
The elected governments of Canada and BC are losing their authority over land in the province, by their own hand and ...
What if you prayed relentlessly – ‘God, please design the perfect money for us humans on Earth…’
The ‘perfect money’, you tell God, needs to have the following attributes:
Durability: It should be chemically inert, hence almost indestructible – it should not rust, tarnish, or decay, so it can be passed on from generation to generation, for centuries, ...
Opposition leader Angus Taylor has defended preferencing One Nation ahead of high-profile independent Michelle Milthorpe in the Farrer May 9 byelection, declaring this was “the least worst option”. In a close result, preferences from the Liberals and Nationals could be vital in getting One Nation’s David Farley over the line,
Next week, the Court of Appeal will hear Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s appeal against a High Court decision that the proscription of Palestine Action last summer was unlawful. The case will be hugely consequential. Earlier this month, more than 500 people were arrested at a Palestine Action demonstration. In total, more than 2,700 people have been ...
On the morning of the 28 April 1986, a worker at the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant in Sweden set off the radiation alarm. The bottom of his shoe was contaminated. But the contamination hadn’t come from Forsmark. It had drifted from a reactor 780 miles to the south-east, still burning after it had exploded two days earlier: Unit Four at Chernobyl. The ...
The British high court is currently preparing to hear a case that will be conducted in accordance with Filipino law. While this may seem strange, increasingly disasters in far off lands are being litigated in British courts – and because of an obscure inherited piece of EU law, Rome II, the law of the country where the damage took place applies, rather ...
To many Dutch voters, it came as no great surprise. This week, the Senate rejected a package of immigration laws hailed by the outgoing Schoof government as the toughest ever devised. It was not merely the left that sank the proposals. Two members of the government’s coalition – Prime Minister Rob Jetten’s own D66 and the Christian Democrats – voted ...
The evening had started pleasantly enough. The most alarming thing about the party I was attending in the Hilton Hotel where the Washington Correspondents’ Dinner was being held were the $18 martinis. Those, and the woman in the nice black dress screaming “criminals” at the police as they dragged her out the door as I arrived.
Protesters had gathered ...
A fortnight ago, Jewish communities across Australia and the world paused for Yom HaShoah, a solemn remembrance of the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust. Days later came Yom HaZikaron (Israel’s Memorial Day), honouring Israel’s fallen soldiers and victims of terror, followed immediately by Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israel’s Independence Day), a ...
Donald and Melania Trump entered the hall at 8:16 to cheers and applause. “Hail to the Chief” was followed by presentation of the colors and the National Anthem. We had a brief introduction from Weijia Jiang, this year’s president of the White House Correspondents Association, followed by dinner.
Two questions hovered in the background. One, how would ...
