Six-year-old voters? You’ve got to be kidding me
Democracy should be for the masses, but including children who can’t yet be trusted with an iPad unsupervised? Give me a break, writes James Morrow.
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Political indoctrination in schools is a generation or more in
Victoria’s election results prove there has been a generation or more of political indoctrination in the classroom. Abraham Lincoln may very well have predicted it when he wrote during the Civil War “the philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.”
Abbott backs PM’s call to cut migrant levels
Tony Abbott has backed Scott Morrison’s review of Australia’s immigration intake, calling it ‘an important step in the right direction’ while voicing his support for a return to the teaching of Judeo-Christian values in schools
Abbott backs ScoMo’s migration backflip
Tony Abbott has backed Scott Morrison’s call to slash Australia’s immigration intake, despite the PM arguing against it just months ago.
Bunnings, get your hands off my sausage
The decree about onion placement might seem ridiculous — because it is — but we should all be wary when corporations see fit to micromanage our lives, writes James Morrow.
Be a man, don’t put off your health problems
DEPUTY Premier of NSW and leader of the NSW Nationals John Barilaro owns up to putting his work ahead of his health — understandable given his obvious passion to serve. But he has a very frank and important message for other men.
Dear Donald, time to get relaxed and comfortable
Donald Trump might be doing OK with the governing part of the job, but he needs to stop creating chaos or voters will soon tire of it and kick him out, writes James Morrow.
What Democrats should learn from the midterms
IF the Democrats don’t start respecting voters and abandon their losing policy of hating Donald Trump, this could be their future, writes James Morrow.
Trump set to give Democrats another election shock
DEMOCRAT confidence they’re about to deliver Donald Trump a thumping is profoundly misplaced, writes James Morrow. Have they learned nothing from their 2016 shock?
Vegans can kiss my grass
THERE are already too many areas of life where one must always be on the lookout for humourless scolds, and sadly it seems the dinner table has become one of them too, writes James Morrow.
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