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The IYF and Culture Wars

Dec 8, 1993

Forgive me for being recalcitrant, but the Prime Minister’s Launch of the International Year of the Family on 6 December was at best, a complete non-event; at worst, it was a pitiful display of a government selling its soul to

The International Year of the What?

Nov 15, 1993

The United Nations has declared 1994 to be the International Year of the Family. The UN has said that the main purpose of the Year is “to enhance awareness of family issues and improve national institutional capability to carry out

A review of Biotechnology and the Assault on Parenthood. By Donald De Marco.

Oct 11, 1993

Ignatius Press, 1991.

The family has faced assorted threats throughout history. The French and Russian revolutions come to mind as two especially hostile forces to the traditional family. More recently the sexual and feminist revolutions have also done their bit

Payments to Parents

Sep 28, 1993

A new proposal to pay parents of young children $50 a week to stay at home is worth exploring. Queensland Labor backbencher, Mr Gary Johns, has recently come up with the proposal which would encourage the second wage earner to

A review of The Gulf Conflict, 1990-1991. By Lawrence Freedman and Efraim Karsh.

Sep 11, 1993

Penguin, 1993.

“What is at stake is more than one small country; it is a big idea: a new world order – where diverse nations are drawn together in common cause, to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind: peace and

A review of The Feminist Gospel. By Mary Kassian.

Apr 10, 1993

Crossway Books, 1992.

Several good critiques of religious feminism have appeared lately, including two from Ignatius Press: Ungodly Rage, by Donna Steichen, and What Will Happen to God: Feminism and the Reconstruction of Christian Belief, by William Oddie.

The Great Family Cover-up

Apr 4, 1993

Are all forms of living arrangements just the same? Do all family structures offer similar environments for a child’s development? Yes, according to the media. The papers regularly come out with stories about how the traditional family no longer exists

All in the Liberal Family

Mar 2, 1993

The murderers of little James Bulger had a least two strikes going against them even before they embarked upon their lives of petty crime in England. Both of these boys came from broken homes and both were reared in a

A review of Marriage, Divorce and Family Justice. By Barry Maley.

Mar 1, 1993

Centre for Independent Studies, 1992.

It seems that the amount of pro-family rhetoric heard rises in proportion to the nearness of the March 13 federal election. But the policies being put forward by both Mr Keating and Dr Hewson seem

A review of Economic Consequences of Divorce: The International Perspective. Edited by Lenore J. Weitzman and Mavis Maclean.

Feb 1, 1993

Oxford University Press, 1992.

In this volume 26 authors examine the social and economic consequences of divorce in a number of Western nations and in some Third World countries. Despite the differences which exist between these countries, the results of

A review of Just War and the Gulf War. By James Turner Johnson and George Weigel.

Jan 8, 1993

Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1991.

Exactly two years ago Kuwait was an occupied nation. In the West a tremendous debate took place as to whether the use of force in expelling the Iraqis from Kuwait was morally justifiable. The

A review of Anti-Americanism: Critiques at Home and Abroad, 1965-1990. By Paul Hollander.

Sep 10, 1992

Oxford University Press, 1992.

In 1981 Paul Hollander published his very influential Political Pilgrims, a book which chronicled the journeys of Western intellectuals to Marxist countries who returned with glowing reports of Marxist triumphs and criticisms of Western achievements.

The Assault on the Family

Jul 28, 1992

I am beginning to suspect a conspiracy. A conspiracy of silence, of cover-ups, of misleading information. A conspiracy of what? – ASIO nefariousness? American imperialism? No, something that is more important, something that affects every one of us: a conspiracy

A review of The Scarlet Lady. By Carol Everett.

Jun 19, 1992

Wolgemuth & Hyatt, 1991.

Carol Everett was responsible for the deaths of 35,000 people. No, she wasn’t a Nazi. Nor was she a KGB agent. She was a successful career woman working in a legitimate Texas business. Carol Everett was

Dan Quayle vs Murphy Brown

Jun 13, 1992

Several weeks ago U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle caused a minor uproar concerning comments he made about television character Murphy Brown’s out-of-wedlock birth. The liberal-left establishment went ballistic, accusing Quayle of, at best, making a “gaffe”, and at

A review of What Should My Child Read? By Susan Moore.

May 10, 1992

Albatross Books, 1992.

In America nearly 60 per cent of all adults have never read a book. Bachelor’s degrees in English literature have declined by 33 per cent in the last 20 years. As much as 40 per cent of

F.A. Hayek, R.I.P.

Apr 10, 1992

The death of one of the 20th century’s most influential free market thinkers, F.A. von Hayek, provides an interesting example of how the philosophical/ideological differences of newspapers will affect the coverage of major news events.

A day after his death,

A review of Darwin on Trial. By Phillip E. Johnson.

Mar 14, 1992

Regnery Gateway, 1991.

Like Marxism and Freudianism, Darwinistic evolution is a reductionistic philosophy which seeks to provide an all-embracing framework to explain life and its complexities. Moreover, Darwinists, like other reductionists, tend to grant their philosophy the status of an

Child Abuse Concerns

Mar 2, 1992

The Australian Medical Association has recently come out in favour of a Victorian proposal to require people to report child sexual abuse. The proposal, made by the Minister for Community Services, Ms Setches, would involve mandatory reporting of suspected cases

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The IYF and Culture Wars

The International Year of the What?

A review of Biotechnology and the Assault on Parenthood. By Donald De Marco.

Payments to Parents

A review of The Gulf Conflict, 1990-1991. By Lawrence Freedman and Efraim Karsh.

A review of The Feminist Gospel. By Mary Kassian.

The Great Family Cover-up

All in the Liberal Family

A review of Marriage, Divorce and Family Justice. By Barry Maley.

A review of Economic Consequences of Divorce: The International Perspective. Edited by Lenore J. Weitzman and Mavis Maclean.

A review of Just War and the Gulf War. By James Turner Johnson and George Weigel.

A review of Anti-Americanism: Critiques at Home and Abroad, 1965-1990. By Paul Hollander.

The Assault on the Family

A review of The Scarlet Lady. By Carol Everett.

Dan Quayle vs Murphy Brown

A review of What Should My Child Read? By Susan Moore.

F.A. Hayek, R.I.P.

A review of Darwin on Trial. By Phillip E. Johnson.

Child Abuse Concerns

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