The Myths of “Genocide” and “Stolen Land” Pt. 3: What Do They WANT?

“Decolonisation” Has Nothing to Do With Justice and Everything to Do With Power. This sanitized vision of colonialism is no less unrealistic than the demented hatred of the left. A Devil's Curmudgeon. This is the third and final part of this series.Part One: The Myths of “Genocide” and “Stolen Land”.Part Two: Culture. In Orson Scott …

The Myths of “Genocide” and “Stolen Land” Pt. 2: Culture

Cultures Don't Only Change by Force - and Why Wouldn't They? A Catholic mission in Nauru in 1914. A Devil's Curmudgeon. In the first part of this series, I discussed the falsity of the pervasive narrative of “stolen land” and “genocide” that bedevils the West. As I argued, despite the lamentable fact that a great …

The Conspiracy Theory Burning America

Anti-vaxxers, 5G, Lizard People, the Illuminati…and Black Lives Matter. Imagine if anti-vaxxers were rioting, burning and looting across America’s major cities. Imagine if store owners were being beaten to death by thugs convinced that Bill Gates was impurifying their precious bodily fluids. Imagine if celebrity chefs and soccer moms were besieging the White House. The …

The Trump Doctrine and the Opportunity of the 21st Century

2020 Will Potentially Set the Template for the 21st Century. Subjecting myself to the ordeal of listening to Australia’s taxpayer-funded leftist propaganda network ABC radio, some time ago, I listened with mixed bemusement and exasperation as their “foreign policy expert” whined that Trump was upsetting the established world order. “That’s the whole point, you idiot!” …

Time to Stop Laughing at Sleepy Joe

In the three weeks since this article was first published, the Democrats have made their choice. Sanders' presidential hopes are over. The Dems obviously weren't prepared to be crazy-brave. Remember when the left-media were wall-to-wall mocking of candidate Donald Trump in 2016? Worst, of course, were the late-night “comedians” (so-called). Whether it was John Oliver …

Are we Read to Stop Giggling at Mayor Pete’s Butt yet?

Is America ready for this? Should it matter? A Devil's Curmugdeon. Pic: Robert Franklin. Well, a week is a long time in politics, and since this was first public, Buttigieg has quit the presidential race (no doubt to the disgruntlement of all those journalists who struggled so hard to learn how to pronounce his name). …