In defence of all-you-can-eat buffets
In the genteel world of gastronomy, few subjects are as misunderstood and unfairly maligned as the all-you-can-eat buffet.
Nick Jensen
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Admit it, big predictions are rarely a good idea
The best antidote to our prediction addiction is to start holding wayward pundits to account. Perhaps it’s time we all started keeping score.
Why does the ‘Right Side of History’ always get it so wrong?
It’s curious to observe just how casually the Right Side of History has morphed into a progressive article of faith, a kind of gibbering battle cry for the self-righteous and the condescending.
The enduring brilliance of Les Murray
For the moment, Les Murray is still with us, still that same sprawling, shambling, magnificent man of Australian letters — not yet passed into the slipstream of memory. But there’s no telling how he’ll be remembered in a century’s time.
Steak, please. Medium woke.
Increasingly, the charge of wokeism is treated as a lazy synonym for ‘anything I hate’. But has overuse rendered the insult entirely meaningless? I’m not so sure.
‘Terror and euphoria’: Nick Cave’s shrewd parenting view
His words are about clarification more than reassurance, extending a sense of shape and coherence to something that feels disparate, confused, even pre-articulate — as if someone has entered the silences and made them speak for the very first time.
Four of the greatest op-eds from the past four years
A contrarian takes on lockdowns, Henry Ergas cuts through on the October 7 attack and its fall out, The Australian editorialises the second Elizabethan era and we examine eight reasons the referendum failed.
‘Chaotic’: Paralysis at the heart of Kevin Rudd’s office
In the commentary pages of The Australian, John Howard’s government was criticised as ‘reactive’ but Kevin Rudd’s administration was seen as dysfunctional.
Your choice: attachment to anachronism or confidence in future?
The Australian’s editorial was run off the front page, a rare occurrence and a sign of the masthead’s commitment to the republican cause in this country. We republish it here today for this masthead’s 60th anniversary.
Australia has a right to be a happy nation
We have had our faults, our history has its shameful and tragic dimensions, but overall there is much more to be proud of than to lament, The Australian editorialised in 1988.
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