The Four Year Mirage of Victory
As America determines the outcome of the election, it’s a good time for the modern right to engage in some much-needed self-reflection.
We Need Less Government to Treat Australia’s Economic Virus
COVID-19 is spreading across the globe, and no nation is immune to its economic symptoms. Governments have taken on various approaches to the illness, displaying no unified international plan of action, and that’s a good thing! Countries need to craft the solution that fits their unique profile, and Australia is no exception to this rule. Before I go any further, in the interest of full disclosure, I’ll say that the economic plan I’m about to endorse is one crafted by the Australian Taxpayers’ Alliance, of which I am the Communications Director. Do with that information what you wish, but what…
The Centre Can’t Save You. It’s Dead.
Is moderation a virtue? So often when I ask people what their political ideology is, they’ll say something along the lines of right-leaning, centre-right, or fiscally conservative but socially inept. Okay, maybe a variation on that last one. Still, the more significant point remains that more and more individuals and political figures are self-describing as centrists. There are a few reasons that this affinity for moderation is taking hold. Partially this could be because it makes some people feel like they’re smarter than others who cannot rise above partisanship to analyse issues on merit. Another may be that more and…
Don’t Get The Anti-Establishment Candidate Wrong Again
As the 2020 US election heats up, the Democrat candidates have dropped their friendly demeanour towards each other. And as the facade of civility and friendship dissolves, we see the real essence of the primaries. Establishment candidates are coordinating with the media to cut the political momentum of an outsider off at the knees, and it’s not working too well. Sound familiar? Before I continue, like any political hack covering a candidate on the opposite side of politics favourably, I’m going to premise that I am not a Bernie supporter myself. I’m going to say socialism is terrible, and in…