Here in Australia asylum seekers are in the news almost on a daily basis. There has been a flood of boat people arriving under the…
There is a lot of fuzzy thinking on the issue of asylum seekers, especially from the religious left. They want to take the high moral…
There is good and bad multiculturalism. The good kind aims for diversity amidst unity. That is, it seeks for common social values, and encourages newcomers…
Dutch politician, firebrand, and outspoken critic of Islamism Geert Wilders has been on trial in the Netherlands for his strong stance against terrorism and creeping…
It is easy to get discouraged in the many battles we face, and one can easily be tempted to think that he or she is…
Various religious groups have particular dietary laws. One thinks of Kosher foods which Jews are allowed to eat, for example. In the Islamic religion there…
All over the Western world governments are bending over backwards to accommodate sharia finance. This is an interest-free banking and finance system which Muslims want…
Multiculturalism, like so many modern nostrums, was always better in theory than in practice. Indeed, it can work when it is simply allowed to happen,…
The Netherlands is a nation long known for its emphasis on tolerance and liberal thinking. However those qualities are being put to the test at…
Doubleday, 2009. In this important volume a number of important issues are explored concerning the present state of Europe, chief of which is how fifty…
There is always a moral asymmetry between the free West and its enemies. The West is meant to play by the rules, and it usually…
In its heyday it was said of the British Empire that the sun never set on it. Because so many lands across the globe bore…
In times of universal crisis, there is a great need for great men and great women to stand up and be counted. For example, when…
Sometimes the steady stream of craziness becomes so full on that one can only list the various episodes along with the briefest of commentary. The…
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.…
The issue of Muslims living in Australia is part of a bigger, broader debate about such things as multiculturalism, immigration, Australian values, the war on…
There have been some complaints about the new Australian citizenship tests. Evidently around 20 per cent of those taking the test for the first time…
Once the greatest nation on earth, Great Britain today is – like much of Europe – heading downhill big time. Back in its heyday it…
In the recent film, The Children of Men (based on the 1992 P.D. James novel), illegal immigrants in a futuristic UK are rounded up and…
The weekend talkfest in Canberra designed to smooth over Muslim and non-Muslim differences is now history. The gathering was meant, in part, to help Muslims…