Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott recently gave a speech in which he sought to defend the place of faith in the political arena. An edited…
Those who would cannibalise the human embryo continue to hype their cause, this time with the possibility of stem cell extraction which leaves the embryo…
Pro-lifers have long warned that there are many ugly reasons for pursuing research on embryos. The cosmetics industry is one such reason. It has long…
The theological issue of the relationship between law and gospel is far too complex and has had way too much ink spilled over it for…
Christianity has always been a persecuted religion. But recently this has become even more serious, especially at the hands of Muslims throughout the world. That…
James Sire has been involved in Christian apologetics for quite some time now. His classic work, The Universe Next Door, first penned in 1976, is…
Why is it that on a daily basis we seem to hear of outlandish crimes, and equally outlandish sentences handed out by our courts? Why…
In both Australia and America there is a major battle taking place over stem cell research. As readers of this site will be aware, there…
With a title like this, one would imagine this to be a book about the conflict between evolution and creation, or something similar. In fact…
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…
Why do feminists and those of the Left seem so indifferent about Islamic extremism? Why are radical women who often have been part of the…
Be forewarned. Coulter is conservatism’s pit bull terrier. And as a pit bull, she goes straight for the jugular. No niceties, no tact, no diplomacy,…
Mark Tooley, writing in the latest American Spectator (August 15, 2006) notes that it is not just marriage that homosexual activists want, but the entire…
Agnostic and religion-basher Pamela Bone makes many claims in her opinion piece (Australian, 15 August 2006), a few of them right, most of them wrong…
The current conflict in southern Lebanon raises a number of issues. Moral and political clarity is needed to understand what the fighting is really all…
In the June/July issue of First Things there appeared an important article by Sydney Catholic Archbishop George Pell. Entitled “Islam and Us” he examined the…
Writing in the Spring 2006 issue of The New Atlantis, Eric Cohen has an interesting article entitled “Biotechnology and the Spirit of Capitalism”. In it…
The brave new world the authors refer to is the scary new world of biomedical technologies and breakthroughs. While the new biotech offers much promise,…
There is a lot of clouded thinking on the issue of stem cell research. A good case in point is an editorial in today’s Australian…
Dr Mark Durie of Melbourne here presents a helpful examination of the main differences between Islam and Christianity, especially in regard to three key areas:…