Not all atheists are civil libertarians, and not all libertarians are atheists. But much like salt and pepper, more often than not they go together.…
If militant Islam ends up taking over Australia and the West; if freedom and democracy give way to sharia law and dhimmitude; and if America…
Two recent events have highlighted the importance of clear ethical thinking on the issues of the day, and how we can learn from those who…
If you want to know what’s wrong with the West, a good way to begin is simply to watch a bit of so-called Reality TV.…
For years pro-family and pro-faith groups have been complaining about the hyper-sexualisation of society and the stealing of our young peoples’ innocence. There exists a…
March 25, 2007 marks a very important anniversary. Two hundred years ago the British Parliament voted to abolish slavery, and on that date the Abolition…
InterVarsity Press, 2006. We are told that religion and politics don’t mix. But it is often the irreligious who make such claims. Secularists do not…
For nearly half a century now we have been allowing the feminist version of events to inform our social consciousness. The accepted wisdom is that…
The new leader of Federal Labor, Kevin Rudd, is seeking to take his party in new directions, while holding on to older core values. Such…
Homosexuals continue to demand special rights. That of course is to be expected. What is, or should be, unexpected is when Christians join the chorus,…
Despite the by now routine and rather boring warnings about the end of the world as we know it, the actual truth may be quite…
It’s amazing how many actors, rock stars and other celebrities are coming out of the woodwork to lecture us on all manner of issues of…
The recent surrogate birth to Federal Labor MP Stephen Conroy and partner has reignited a long-standing debate about the ethics of surrogacy. As with all…
Even though it is still early days yet, there have been hundreds of analyses and discussions about the Democratic swing in the recent US midterm…
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.…
Welcome to the future. If you want to know where Australia is heading, just look at countries that are a few steps ahead. Consider Holland…
Earlier this week the Australia Institute issued a report claiming that the corporate world is increasingly targeting and sexualising our children. Young girls especially are…
Australians are talking a lot lately about the problem of obesity. It is of course a genuine concern, given the health problems associated with it.…
Prime Minister John Howard has been receiving some flack (expectedly) from the left, the multicultural lobby, and the forces of PC, over some rather sensible…
Theodore Dalrymple is a top-notch English commentator and a gifted essayist. The articles featured here represent some of his best and most recent writings. The…