Culture warriors defend Anzacs from behind their laptops
Diggers died for freedom and democracy, which includes a large dollop of free speech.
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Jacqueline Maley
Jacqueline Maley is the Canberra-based Parliamentary Sketch Writer for The Sydney Morning Herald.
The housing affordability truth no politician will admit
Is there any political tradition more dispiriting and stupid than the pre-budget dance?
Why Ayaan really cancelled her Australian speaking tour
The truth is mysterious, with plenty of fake news obscuring the important issue at stake.
The core of Mark Latham's brand is misogyny. I was a target
Mark Latham has become the media martyr he always wanted to be.
Finally I'll have the freedom to tell all races what I really think
Jacqueline Maley is as offended as you are by what she's written here, but this could be permitted under proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act.
I'm cheating on Leigh Sales and I don't regret it
For several months I have been cheating on Leigh Sales, my usual 7.30pm weeknight date. I feel some shame about it, but if I'm honest, no real regret.
One of politics' saddest trends strokes again
It is a straight-up case of what I would call the Enormous Pull of the Tiny Face. It was also confirmation of one of politics' saddest trends – those politicians who have their priorities straight, often leave politics, because they have their priorities straight.
Men, are they just too emotional to govern?
It seems they have difficulty mastering their anger, resentment and jealousy, and resisting the emotional surges that cause them to forget national interest in favour of self-interest.
Vulgar insult machines are edging towards mainstream here, too
Provocateurs such as Milo Yiannopoulos, the alt-right, performatively gay internet fake-news punk who this week lost his "journalism" job and his book deal, will always have the same safe space they retreat to when their views are deemed to have crossed a line.
How anti-Muslim prejudice gets dressed up as feminism
The veil of choice for anti-Muslim sentiment in this country and abroad has become concern for the rights of women.
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