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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

Australian Broadcasting Tribunal Inquiry

Jan 21, 1992

Robert Manne, writing in a recent issue of Time, (Jan. 6), said this about pornography and mass murder: “the fervor over gun control and complacency about censorship are rather odd”. Manne goes on to detail the steady diet of

A review of When Choice Becomes God. By F. LaGard Smith.

Nov 14, 1991

Harvest House Press, 1990.

“In our time,” wrote George Orwell, “political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. Things like the continuation of British rule in India, the Russian purges and deportations, the dropping of the atom

A review of Return of the Heroes: The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and Contemporary Culture. By Hal Colebatch.

Nov 10, 1991

The Australian Institute for Public Policy, 1990.

In 1987 George Roche, President of Hillsdale College in Michigan, wrote a valuable book called A World Without Heroes: The Modern Tragedy. In it he decried the emptiness of contemporary society, a

A review of A History of Islamic Societies. By Ira M. Lapidus.

Jul 1, 1991

Cambridge University Press, 1988.

Just over a decade ago, one could ask whether the greatest threat to Christianity in particular and Western civilisation in general was posed by totalitarian communism or fundamentalist Islam. Illustrative of these twin threats was the

A review of Trashing the Planet. By Dixy Lee Ray with Lou Guzzo.

Jun 20, 1991

Regnery Gateway, 1990.

When DDT was patented as an insecticide in 1939, it was welcomed as a much-needed substitute for the toxic insecticides then commonly in use – arsenic, mercury, fluorine and lead.

During World War II, DDT was discovered

A review of Choice In Schooling. By David Kirkpatrick.

Jun 10, 1991

Loyola University Press, 1990.

Choice In Schooling by American academic David Kirkpatrick is a detailed overview of the history of the idea of tuition vouchers. In it Kirkpatrick examines various formulations of the voucher scheme, and carefully answers criticisms of

A review of Enemies Of Eros. By Maggie Gallagher.

Oct 25, 1990

Bonus Books, 1989.

A number of helpful books critical of feminism and the sexual revolution have appeared, including Midge Decter’s The New Chastity and Other Arguments Against Women’s Liberation (1972), Brigitte and Peter Berger’s The War Over the Family (1983),

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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

Australian Broadcasting Tribunal Inquiry

A review of When Choice Becomes God. By F. LaGard Smith.

A review of Return of the Heroes: The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and Contemporary Culture. By Hal Colebatch.

A review of A History of Islamic Societies. By Ira M. Lapidus.

A review of Trashing the Planet. By Dixy Lee Ray with Lou Guzzo.

A review of Choice In Schooling. By David Kirkpatrick.

A review of Enemies Of Eros. By Maggie Gallagher.

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