There is good news and bad news concerning Europe. The bad news is, it is in a mess. Having rejected its Christian heritage and embraced…
Even though not a day goes by without some media report about Islam being aired, most Westerners know very little about the world’s second largest…
The radical comments by Islamic Mufti of Australia, Sheikh Taj al-Din al-Hilali have not only generated lots of controversy within Australia, but have caused quite…
It is not often discussed, but perhaps the biggest losers in the new biotech revolution are women. They often pay the heaviest price, be it…
Because the stakes are so high with many of the new biotechnologies, proponents of them often resort to word games to cover up what is…
The debate over cloning and stem cell research is vitally important because the focal point of these new biotechnologies is human life. How we are…
It did not quite make the front pages of most papers. In fact, it only made it to page 10 of today’s Herald Sun. But…
When radical social experiments are undertaken, it takes a while for the dust to settle and for clear assessments to be made as to how…
While certain religions are growing in some parts of the world, they are in decline in other parts. But the decline of one religion is…
Welcome to the future. If you want to know where Australia is heading, just look at countries that are a few steps ahead. Consider Holland…
It is hard to know what is really going on in Iraq. Much of the media gives us a fairly slanted view, highlighting the carnage…
The debate about climate change is far from over. The issues are varied and complex, and there is no clear scientific unanimity on the subject.…
Without doubt abortion is a hugely divisive issue. But why is that? People disagree about the best flavour of ice cream, but it is not…
Much has been made of a recent report in the Lancet which sought to estimate the number of civilian casualties due to the war in…
Freedom of speech has never been absolute. Crying ‘fire’ in a crowded theatre, we are rightly told, is just not on. So there is often…
Theodore Dalrymple is an important thinker and writer who has just released an important new book. The book is about the growing problem of drug…
It is always problematic when you have a megalomaniac who is nasty, belligerent, and a bully. It’s even worse if the same person has nuclear…
As the Federal Government still debates the issue of human cloning, the impression remains that on the one side of the debate are scientists, and…
Australians are talking a lot lately about the problem of obesity. It is of course a genuine concern, given the health problems associated with it.…
When Muslim leaders speak about freedom, they have a very different concept in mind than does the Western world. Freedom for a Muslim is complete…