Lame ducks, worn PMs meet to do nothing
The Quadrilateral leaders’ summit in Delaware has broadcast a loud and resounding message of weakness, timidity, irresolution and pervasive lameness to China and the rest of the world.
The Quadrilateral leaders’ summit in Delaware has broadcast a loud and resounding message of weakness, timidity, irresolution and pervasive lameness to China and the rest of the world.
Nothing is failing in Western societies more completely, and more tragically, than school education. We’ve sub-let our thinking out to algorithms, and in the process all but abolished deep learning, while embracing the terror of the screens. But there’s a way back.
One central question: do the device blasts signal that Israel is about to take more decisive action against Hezbollah, or is it a complete episode in itself?
Democrats routinely tell the most appalling, extremist lies about Trump. Trump is a brash, crude, often offensive and even chaotic politician. But he’s not the author of American fascism.
The flip-flopping Democrat is lying through her teeth on almost all of her claims in a bid to win the US presidency via the most audacious identity theft in modern politics.
Debates seem better for Harris than unscripted interviews, where her answers are often meandering and indecipherable. Trump was relatively calm and steady, though of course there were moments of madness | Watch Greg Sheridan’s verdict.
Donald Trump and Kamala Harris clashed over immigration, abortion and Ukraine but both rivals were sharp and engaged throughout; Harris’ campaign chair calls for second debate.
Albanese is no Joe Biden and Dutton is no Donald Trump. But the presidential result will have big consequences for our politics. If Trump wins, the PM confronts a series of diabolical dilemmas.
AUKUS is three years old but we still have nothing to show for it. It’s Yes Minister defence, without the bother of a military.
The loss of Bill Shorten from parliament will be felt keenly, both by the Labor Party and the nation as a whole.
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