Not a week goes by it seems when the American President does not say something or do something which seems to provide further evidence of…
Here we go again. Another wolf in sheep’s clothing. Another political leader who claims to be a Christian who violates the very clearest of biblical…
Although it was not my intention originally, this is now the fourth – and hopefully final – article in a series of four pieces which…
Life is complex, but it becomes even more complex when God is thrown into the mix. At the best of times, the old theological conundrum…
Plenty of people have become quite cynical about politics in general and the Labor Party in particular after a small cabal of political assassins deposed…
Julia Gillard’s win in the Labor spill means we have our first female Prime Minister. It also means we have our first atheist female Prime…
Whenever a tragedy like the Gulf oil spill occurs, plenty of questions arise: Why did this happen? What was the cause of this? Who is…
How should believers think about the state? Is there one type of government better than another? Can believers endorse all types or forms of governments?…
In contrast to free democracies, totalist police states seek to politicise everything. In free societies the state is limited in what it does and what…
Encounter Books, 2010. In the West we are involved in a war of worldviews. On the one side is the Judeo-Christian worldview. Opposed to it…
If we were in any doubt about how politicians often put politics ahead of principle, the back flip by the Prime Minister on the ETS…
Those who think the government has the answer to everything, and more troubling, those who earn their living from feeding out of the government (taxpayer)…
A one trillion dollar package; a 2000 page bill; a win by just seven votes; and one big meltdown of a nation. That about sums…
Last week opposition leader Tony Abbott unveiled his plan for six-month paid maternity leave. He evidently surprised his own colleagues with this, and had to…
In a few days there will be an international gathering of atheists in Melbourne. Richard Dawkins and many other misotheistic heavyweights will be there. I…
An important book appeared in 1946 by Henry Hazlitt entitled Economics In One Easy Lesson. The central thesis of his volume is summed up in…
The Rudd Government home insulation scandal seems to get worse each passing day, with new revelations emerging of more mess-ups, more bungling, more incompetency, more…
The weekend by-election held in Victoria resulted in a huge 12 per cent swing away from Labor to the Liberals. The Greens also made some…
In something straight out of a George Orwell novel, the Victorian government has recently appointed an MP to become ‘Minister for Respect’. With all due…
Barack Obama has been in office for just one year, but already it is beginning to look like he may be a one-term wonder. He…