Some of you may have seen the recent media reports about a group of school children engaging in sex while their teacher was out of…
There were not one but two editorials in today’s Australian (November 8, 2006) that demonstrate how weak thinking and ethical poverty often run in tandem.…
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…
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…
I wrote yesterday that there is little unanimity concerning global warming and man’s role in it. Given that Al Gore’s new film, An Inconvenient Truth…
Last week all the world’s media was abuzz with reports of a new stem cell extraction method which purportedly leaves the embryo alive. I penned…
Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott recently gave a speech in which he sought to defend the place of faith in the political arena. An edited…
The latest sexcapade at Big Brother demonstrates that the show is well past its use-by date. Indeed, it was past its use-by date six years…
Once upon a time a person could buy a newspaper and be fairly confident that the news covered therein was more or less reliable, factual…
It had to come to this eventually. Yes, mothers and fathers are now taboo. At least calling someone your mum or dad is verboten. Nix.…
Those who are pro-faith and pro-family have long realized that it is hard to get a fair hearing in much of today’s media. Last night…
Chariot Victor 1998. Although this book is a few years old, and deals with the American scene, it is still quite a helpful resource on…
A free press is one of the hallmarks of a democracy. The ability to allow various opinions to be heard is an important part of…
Over the years I have been involved in many public debates on contentious social issues. Given that there is a left/liberal hegemony over much of…
There are certain taboo subjects which in an age of Political Correctness are pretty much guaranteed never to see the light of day. Many such…
There has been a noticeable shift over the past fifty years concerning those whom society, and the media, look to as authority figures, as sources of…
One can always count on the ABC to put its politically correct two-cents worth in to its many broadcasts. This has certainly been the case…
An extremely revealing and disturbing television documentary was aired on America’s Public Broadcasting System in February of last year. Entitled The Merchants of Cool, the…
Rowman and Littlefield, 2001. Back in 1986 a book appeared entitled The Media Elite by Lichter, Rothman and Lichter. The book’s thesis was that most…