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The Heart of Wilberforce’s Antislavery Campaign

Feb 26, 2007

As I wrote in my previous article, William Wilberforce became a leading abolitionist two centuries ago because of his strong Christian convictions. Without his Biblical-based beliefs, the course of history could be far different today.

A new film about the

A review of Modern Sex: Liberation and its Discontents. Edited by Myron Magnet. Ivan R. Dee, 2001.

Jul 22, 2006

This is a book about sex. More specifically, it is about the sexual revolution, its promises, and its failure.

The sexual revolution, a subset of the 60s’ cultural revolution, was one of the most significant social upheavals that the West

A review of The Marketing of Evil. By David Kupelian.

Jul 11, 2006

WND Books, 2005.

Many books have chronicled the downward spiral of Western culture. This book explains the hows and whys of this decline. It is about how evil is “packaged and perfumed to look good – and good made to

Time To Evict Big Brothel

Jul 3, 2006

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 ago when it first appeared. How much further down the septic tank do we have

Decoding the Code

May 18, 2006

Fans of Dan Brown’s bestseller will be pleased to know that The Da Vinci Code film is fairly faithful to the book. It’s a pity though that neither the book nor the film are faithful to history or to the

A review of Lies That Go Unchallenged in Popular Culture. By Charles Colson.

May 3, 2006

Tyndale House, 2005.

Charles Colson is a leading Christian commentator and apologist. His daily radio commentary, Breakpoint, provides short, punchy and pithy observations on the current scene, be it social, political, moral or cultural. His incisive commentary is fully

A review of Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture. By Ariel Levy.

Jan 24, 2006

Free Press, 2005.

This book is about the thorough sexualisation of our culture and how women especially are affected by it. It is also about how feminism has gone wrong, and how human sexuality has been reduced and restricted by

A review of Liberation’s Children. By Kay Hymowitz.

Feb 4, 2005

Ivan R. Dee, 2003.

Subtitled Parents and Kids in a Postmodern Age, this book features a number of incisive essays on the perils and pitfalls of parenting in today’s world. American author Kay Hymowitz is painfully aware that raising

A review of The Media-Wise Family. By Ted Baehr.

May 27, 2004

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 how families, and especially religious families, can deal with the media in all its forms.

A review of Against Love: A Polemic. By Laura Kipnis.

Nov 29, 2003

Pantheon, 2003.

“Hell is other people,” existentialist Jean Paul Sartre once said. That about summarises the philosophy of Laura Kipnis. Her book offers a very jaundiced and bitter look at marriage in particular and relationships in general.

While acknowledging that

More Christian Bashing

May 13, 2003

For some reason Levi’s jeans seems intent on offending and outraging Christians in particular, and religious folk in general. Remember their kissing lesbians bill board ad of several months ago?

Well now they are at it again. A few weeks

The Betrayal of a Generation

Feb 2, 2002

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 show examined the way big business and the advertising industry have targeted our young

Popular Music and the Death Of Culture

Nov 10, 1998

Modern music has made some very radical changes in the past few decades. In 1953, the number one song was Patti Page’s How Much Is That Puppy in the Window?, and ten years later, the Beatles were singing I Wanna

Abortion and Science Fiction

Mar 16, 1998

There is a new shoot-em-up sci-fi thriller which has hit the big screen. Starship Troopers is another good guys (earthlings in the future) versus bad guys (giant nasty insects from outer space) film, great on special effects but low

Television and Families

Jul 28, 1994

Not long ago the Pope came out with an attack on television, claiming that it was anti-family and undermined traditional values. Critics quickly responded saying the Pope was ignorant and out of touch. One newspaper editorial even claimed that if

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The Heart of Wilberforce’s Antislavery Campaign

A review of Modern Sex: Liberation and its Discontents. Edited by Myron Magnet. Ivan R. Dee, 2001.

A review of The Marketing of Evil. By David Kupelian.

Time To Evict Big Brothel

Decoding the Code

A review of Lies That Go Unchallenged in Popular Culture. By Charles Colson.

A review of Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture. By Ariel Levy.

A review of Liberation’s Children. By Kay Hymowitz.

A review of The Media-Wise Family. By Ted Baehr.

A review of Against Love: A Polemic. By Laura Kipnis.

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Popular Music and the Death Of Culture

Abortion and Science Fiction

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