Author Archives: Steve Kates

If this is true, how can Malcolm continue to lead the Libs?

Posted on 11:49 pm, December 4, 2016 by Steve Kates

I’m on annual leave and away from it all with only the occasional look at the papers. But there was this at Andrew Bolt, Hinch blames Turnbull for ABCC backtrack. If it is true and nothing is done about the … Continue reading →

Posted in Federal Politics | 63 Comments

Socialists everywhere you turn

Posted on 11:35 pm, November 29, 2016 by Steve Kates

My wife knows I don’t read The Oz any more so she opened the paper to the page while I sat down to dinner. And on the page there was this: Does the National Broadband Network work? What a question! … Continue reading →

Posted in Australian Story, Media, Socialism | 69 Comments

Trump is really going to be president after all

Posted on 10:51 pm, November 29, 2016 by Steve Kates

After a bit of a flurry of activity, the inevitable has overcome the Democrats and the left. This was not a matter of 600 or so votes hanging by a chad in Florida. This required the overturning of the results … Continue reading →

Posted in American politics | 35 Comments

Funny business

Posted on 1:37 pm, November 29, 2016 by Steve Kates

I get asked all the time how I can go to Woody Allen movies when he married his step-daughter and he’s such a lefty. And while I won’t deny that I have my own personal index of Hollywood types I … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Issues | 31 Comments

Sentimentality and politics

Posted on 10:46 am, November 28, 2016 by Steve Kates

The greatest enemy for getting anything done in politics is sentimentality, an exaggerated concern for propriety. The left in politics have for many years made suckers of the right by pretending to care about things that the right really do … Continue reading →

Posted in American politics | 35 Comments

Socialism is a cult

Posted on 8:55 am, November 27, 2016 by Steve Kates

Socialism is a cult rather than a series of rational beliefs. With the evidence of failure available at every turn, to hang on to the beliefs a typical socialist must hold about the world under socialism requires a form of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural Issues, Politics of the Left | 34 Comments

Fidel Castro (1926-2016)

Posted on 6:49 pm, November 26, 2016 by Steve Kates

As they say, if you have nothing good to say about the dead, then say nothing at all.

Posted in International | 129 Comments

Have Trump’s plans on global warming changed?

Posted on 9:38 am, November 25, 2016 by Steve Kates

You could get that impression by reading your daily paper or listening to the usual sources. Here is James Delingpole to set you straight: No, Donald Trump Hasn’t Suddenly Gone Soft on ‘Global Warming’. But here is a quote he … Continue reading →

Posted in American politics, Global warming and climate change policy | 28 Comments

Even to ask shows an ignorance beyond all understanding

Posted on 5:08 pm, November 24, 2016 by Steve Kates

I have seen some pretty disgraceful things since the election, but this must rise to the top. This is from The Economist Intelligence Unit, sent to me by an undercover agent who will remain unknown, but does have my thanks. … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 election, American politics, Media | 43 Comments

Discrediting the AHRC

Posted on 12:02 am, November 24, 2016 by Steve Kates

The oddest part about many of the decisions Gillian Triggs has made is that she has done more to discredit the notion of human rights abuse than any actual instance uncovered since she came to head the AHRC. Is there … Continue reading →

Posted in Hypocrisy of progressives | 57 Comments