In The Spectator, Terry Barnes writes about the recent appointment of Australian Governor-General Samantha Mostyn. Westminster constitutional tradition requires a country’s head of state (as opposed to head of government) to be impartial and apolitical. But Mostyn’s appointment, writes Barnes, amounts to partisan infiltration of the constitutional monarchy – which will have serious implications in the next election.

Palestinian Culture: Unique in its Own Destructive Way
Although the Palestinian Authority enjoys an array of cultural departments and programs, A.J. Caschetta in Jewish World Review finds that all of it – art, education, literature, poetry, music, education and film – is oriented to two goals: the vilification of Jews and the destruction of Israel. Caschetta notes this is in sharp contrast to Arab and Muslim traditions, which include myriad aesthetically normal cultural works. Palestinianism, Caschetta finds, is “a very sick culture”, driven by resentment and fuelled by hate.


