Regnery, 2004. Like many ideas, the desire to set up a structure such as the UN was probably well-motivated and a legitimate concept at the…
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…
Bernard-Henri Lévy is not your average French intellectual, for at least three reasons: what he says usually makes sense; he is more or less conservative;…
Detractors of the war in Iraq say we have been bogged down in another Vietnam and we have simply made matters worse. Critics cite the…
In a world that seems to grow more insecure and precarious by the day, there are always new issues arising to be greatly concerned about.…
How have the universities grappled with the tragic events of 9/11? Have they learned anything? Have they had a change of heart? Have they given…
With the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 calamity, there have been quite a few opinion pieces and commentaries on that fateful day in 2001. This…
It isn’t often that Australia takes the lead over America. But in the case of a controversial documentary, Australia has led the way. Many of…
How does the secular left deal with evil? Well, it has great difficulty in even recognising evil, argues Jewish commentator and radio host, Dennis Prager.…
In the war against terror it is always worth remembering what is at stake. Why is the free West engaged in this struggle, and just…
Why do feminists and those of the Left seem so indifferent about Islamic extremism? Why are radical women who often have been part of the…
The current conflict in southern Lebanon raises a number of issues. Moral and political clarity is needed to understand what the fighting is really all…
In the June/July issue of First Things there appeared an important article by Sydney Catholic Archbishop George Pell. Entitled “Islam and Us” he examined the…
There are many hundreds of good books that describe the challenge which Islam poses to the free West. The books listed here primarily focus on…
Robert Spencer has written or edited several outstanding works on Islam and the challenge it poses to a free West. This book, part of the…
Regina Orthodox Press, 2006. (Available from Crossroad Books in Melbourne – crossroadbooks.com.au) Serge Trifkovic is fast becoming a leading authority on Islamic militancy and how…
Integrity Publishers, 2006. Georges Sada was a two-star general in Saddam’s military. He was also the air vice marshal, and was put in charge of…
Regnery 2005. Blankley’s thesis is quite simple: America (and other Western nations like Australia) have an enormous amount to lose if the West does not…
Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2002. Roger Scruton is one of England’s best conservative writers and philosophers. He is the author of several important volumes, and for…
InterVarsity Press, 2005. Over 20 years ago Christian social commentator Michael Novak wrote a book entitled Moral Clarity in the Nuclear Age. In it he…