People are getting very precious over hyperbole. It is incongruous that this articule appeared in this forum. I keep wondering if it is an aspect of the 'Western Civilisation is best, and traces its roots back to the Roman Empire' school of thought. The far-right funding group, the Ramsay Centre, has been pushing for a Western Civilisation degree recently. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-26/anu-reveals-why-it-wa...

And no I wouldn't call many of the articles on the AC website conservative, they seems not just brazenly political but extremist. In the American Fox news bubble they may seem middle of the road, but outside it they seem really wacky.