Where exactly is the Middle East?
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/03/where-exactly-is-the-middle-east/Less near Where exactly is the Middle East? – The term was first popularised in an article by Alfred Thayer Mahan, a US academic on naval strategy, published in the National Review in 1902,...
The terrifying case of Dr Amos
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/03/the-terrifying-case-of-dr-amos/Last week, Dr Andrew Amos, a leading Queensland psychiatrist and academic, was silenced by the national regulator. The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) and the Medical Board of...
Language
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/03/language-196/Are our governments guilty of ‘menticide’? This uncommon word is recorded from 1951, in which year it first appeared in the American Journal of Psychiatry. The official Oxford definition is, ‘The undermining or...
Nice work if you can get it
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/03/nice-work-if-you-can-get-it/In May 2020, in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, two rock shelters, Juukan 1 and Juukan 2, were destroyed by mining giant Rio Tinto as part of its Brockman 4 mining operation. This caused an...Alan Moir’s Cartoon of the Day
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