Welfare dependency has been a real mixed bag: As governments increase in size and scope, so does the nanny state, and the turn away from…
After our recent gathering of experts in Canberra for the 2020 Summit, I did not recall seeing any reports about one very pressing social problem…
Touchy, touchy. That is the immediate reaction one gets to the latest comments by Family Court Chief Justice Alistair Nicholson. Speaking in Brisbane on Wednesday, Justice Nicholson…
Spence Publishing, 2002. America, like Australia, is struggling with the related issues of women in the workforce, childcare, maternity leave, and family breakdown. The usual…
Given the overwhelming community rejection of calls to allow singles and lesbians to have access to IVF, the supporters of such a move have resorted…
Institute of Economic Affairs, 1995. Patricia Morgan, an English sociologist, here examines the social condition of the family in Britain and the US. She contends…
The murderers of little James Bulger had a least two strikes going against them even before they embarked upon their lives of petty crime in…
I am beginning to suspect a conspiracy. A conspiracy of silence, of cover-ups, of misleading information. A conspiracy of what? – ASIO nefariousness? American imperialism?…
Perhaps we should go back to the Master on this: Have you ever considered going to the house of a stranger who invited you for…
There are some hard yet comforting words here: Before looking at this passage in detail, let me make this prefatory remark. Every year at this…
Baker, 2023. A vitally important defence of men and masculinity: Nancy Pearcey has said that this has been her most controversial book to date. That…
The pros seem to be outweighed by the cons in the welfare state: Because we live in a fallen world, we will always have major…
The trans tsunami is causing indescribable harm, and it is aided and abetted by woke wonders: There is absolutely no question about it: we now…
Marriage matters, and women and children especially suffer without it: Many decades of social science research have conclusively demonstrated that heterosexual marriage is an invaluable…
Os Guinness discusses the lateness of the American hour: Nothing lasts forever. People come and go and nations come and go. Sadly, once free, democratic…
Dan Andrews wants us to embrace Islam – so does he embrace the recent Indonesian law changes? Victorian Premier Dan Andrews: “No matter where you’re…
Finally some justice for one brave mother: Times of crisis can bring out the best and the worst in people. History always tells us this,…
How to make sense of Big Brother and the Covid crisis: Who knew just a few short years ago that the entire world would be…
There is actually some great news in the Australian census: The results of last year’s census have just been released, and the religion component has…
It is a waste of time trying to argue with these folks: When folks have fully imbibed of the Kool-Aid, when they have fully bought…