A little backbone on the part of educators might go a long way toward promoting Islamic integration. Of course,  before they do that, the initial step would be to recognise that gender equality is a rather more valuable concept than the fashionable exaltation of identity politics

Abdel-Magied’s claim that 'Islam is the most feminist religion' rests on the no less ridiculous notion that it was first in allowing women to own property. If only the Wife of Bath, entrepreneur and lusty, well-heeled legatee of five husbands, could have taken Jacqui Lambie's place and set her straight

Why this media preoccupation with days over 35C?  The reason is not hard to fathom:  35C is now the magic number the IPCC is using as a benchmark for ‘extreme weather’. It's that simple -- even more simple, come to think of it, than the habitues of your typical ABC or Fairfax newsroom

When the Big Top came to town in the days of my youth it was all razzle-dazzle, bright lights and glitter. But I also recall my disappointment at noticing it was all a bit grubby, the paint chipped and gold braid tarnished -- not unlike the cavalcade of clowns and spruikers parading on Capital Hill

Conservative voters must now ask if their primary loyalties are to principles or party? For a growing number, the notion that the Coalition can get by, can still garner their votes, by presenting itself as no better than the lesser evil -- Labor Lite with dash of Green, if you will -- no longer cuts it

The agreement to offload uninvited arrivals warehoused in Nauru and Manus was struck five days after the election by a lame duck president intent on saddling his successor with an intolerable obligation. Is it any wonder Trump reacted the way he did?

In a democracy, people must be free to speak even the unspeakable. That Australians are currently constrained from doing so is both a glaring example of legislative overreach and judicial caprice. That is the prime argument for repeal and reform, but far from the only one

Chaos reigns in the White House, according to the mainstream press. Well, it may be that the new administration isn’t yet a 'fine-tuned machine', but it is getting runs on the board nevertheless. That explains why journalists are doing what they do best -- peddling misrepresentations and outright lies

Leonard George Casley was just another aggrieved Western Australian wheat farmer when he declared his property's independence and proclaimed himself its prince. Now stricken by emphysema, he has renounced the throne for youngest son,  Graeme, Duke of Gilboa

Conservatism is not the best hope for mankind simply because of its positive agenda. It is the best hope because it offers a limited bulwark against a progressive political class that professes to be improving the lot of mankind while almost invariably making things worse

Half a century ago author Stanley Crawford nailed the future with a now all-but-forgotten book's take on what has become mundane: everyone lost in their mobile phones, every freeway feeding into supermarkets, service stations, burger joints. Between guffaws, you might recognise our modern world

Nothing excuses child sexual abuse, but the question remains: has the Royal Commission's approach to "investigating" complaints lured main-chancers looking for an easy score? In one specific instance with which I am intimately acquainted, that was most certainly the case

Ira Einhorn revelled in his role as a charismatic guru. Long-haired and white-robed, he was one of Earth Day's original organisers and a fixture on university campuses, toasted for his wit and insight with copious cups of herbal tea. Oh, and he was a killer as well

When I get 'mindful' about Islam, as urged by a think-tank at Griffith University, I recall the fire in a Mecca girls' school that saw religious police force children back into the flames because they were deemed insufficiently modest to warrant rescue

Fairfax's star correspondent shares with his readers the shocking news that 35 mental health practitioners believe Donald Trump is a loony and unfit to occupy the White House. Don't you think he should also have noted that two-thirds are ardent Democratic Party contributors and partisans?

The screaming match between Jacqui Lambie and Yassmin Abdel-Magied on Q&A was great television, but the same could be said of train-wreck footage. Its real value came later, when 49 Muslim organisations and sympathisers spelled out a presumptive right not merely to respect but deference

The Left, as usual, wishes to cast the White House executive order banning residents of seven ardently Islamic countries as being motivated by race and religious prejudice. It's an entirely predictable stance and, as always, it seeks to obscure the obvious beneath social-justice boilerplate

The global Left rants, raves, riots and wears pink hats in its ongoing refusal to accept that Hillary Clinton isn't president. No doubt they revel in the perverse pleasure of putting their anger and impotence on display, but they would learn more of their enemy by reading Ayn Rand

A new book, to be launched on February 23 by Tony Abbott, features essays from Judith Sloan, Brendan O’Neill, Gary Johns, Jim Molan, Rebecca Weisser, Graeme Haycroft, James Allan, Kerryn Pholi, Jeremy Sammut, Lorraine Finlay, Peter Kurti, Steven Kates and Alan Moran. Here is a sample

Having begrudgingly accepted the role as the world’s policeman, the US is coming slowly to grasp that it is virtually impossible to sow and see prosper Western cultural values in fundamentally incompatible regions. That's not bigotry, it's reality