It is amazing, when you think about it, that a major newspaper like the Melbourne Age actually pays people to do little more than write…
Polyamory has gone big time. There are magazines and journals devoted to it, societies founded to further it, conferences held around the world to discuss…
Discussions about global warming are far from over, and there remains no unanimity on the issue. Indeed, given that there is not even a clear…
It is nice to get a bit of honesty on the issue of homosexuality. It does not come our way very often in the mainstream…
The recent case of pedophile Dennis Ferguson raises important questions about the rights of criminals, and the rights of the rest of society. In this…
In a recent poll it was found that over half of all Australians had no idea what carbon trading is. The poll discovered that 17…
Of the making of moonbat ideas there is no end. Every day we seem to encounter more bizarre and destructive ideas in circulation. And the…
It seems the more controversial an issue is, the more sloppy the thinking and the more immoral the evaluation. Abortion is a good case in…
By now most people would have seen this news item of interest: “NZ priest marries boyfriend”. According to the press accounts, the Kiwi priest wed…
Put together one part political correctness, one part minority group activism and intimidation, and one part infectious disease, and what do you get? The world’s…
In the old days things were much simpler, and much more direct. In the early days of the Christian faith, pagan rulers could say, ‘Hey,…
Fear-mongering about the environment is not new. And using our classrooms to terrorise our kids about supposed environmental catastrophes is not new either. The people…
A case can be made that there is some sort of connection between the Judeo-Christian worldview, and basic Western goods, such as freedom of speech.…
Abortion is never far from the headlines. In Victoria the VLRC released its report recommending open slather on baby-killing. And the Rudd government is considering…
Jesus mentioned the stones speaking out when the Pharisees told his disciples to keep quiet (Luke 19:40). Someone, or something, must testify to the truth,…
It is to GK Chesterton that we attribute the line, “When a man ceases to believe in God, he does not believe in nothing. He…
It is both an amazing and a humbling truth that God has for some reason decided that his work in this world would largely be…
Penn Jillette is one half of the magic and comedy act, Penn and Teller. The pair is famous – or infamous – for, among other…
Democracy is always a precarious thing at the best of times, and the increasing rise in judicial activism is not helping matters much. Throughout the…
One does not wish to speak ill of the dead, and it is not my intention here to do so. But it is my intent…