This is no right-wing takeover, it’s a media reset
Collapse of trust in legacy papers and TV networks has been brought about not by tech villains but by outlets themselves.
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Biden has already left the building: history will not be kind
Joe Biden’s presidency ending in failure is the climax of a career in which his defining objective was simply to be, not to do.
The Left’s glorification of Mangione is depraved
Contrasting reactions to the deaths of a health CEO and an aggressive homeless man lay bare the distortion of public discourse.
Trump’s no freak, he’s the ultimate American
Obama and Biden tried to make the US more like Europe but the 47th president is a throwback to national exceptionalism.
It turns out we didn’t have to wait until January 20 for the tyranny to start
In the right hands the power to pardon represents the quality of mercy, dropping as a gentle rain from heaven. In the wrong hands it becomes nothing less than executive despotism, showering favours like a medieval monarch on family, friends and retainers.
Trump’s fossil future heralds a global reset
Embrace of oil and gas may help curb US inflation but will also shatter international harmony on use of green energy.
Four more years of Trump may make America normal again
Donald Trump’s election win is an Emperor’s New Clothes event for America, an overdue recognition and repudiation of the regime of oppressive insanities we have been subjected to for a decade or more.
Showman Trump no isolationist on US foreign policy
Quick rollout of top national security appointments suggests a foreign policy of affirmative and targeted engagement.
No wonder working classes ditched the Democrats
Kamala Harris’s party completely alienated its blue-collar voting base, framing them either as nasty bigots or helpless victims.
Trump’s populist appeal is a wake-up call
His success across diverse demographics should force his critics to rethink their worst assumptions. This is a moment of sudden and unexpected clarity.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/gerard-baker/page/4