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…
On Tuesday November 18 another scene from the culture wars was played out. The top court in the US state of Massachusetts declared that a…
A review of Love and Economics: Why the Laissez-Faire Family Doesn’t Work. By Jennifer Roback Morse.
Spence Publishing, 2001. What does the free-market have to do with the family? What does libertarianism have to do with community? What does the minimal…
Australian comedian and television personality Julie McCrossin gave an address to the Sydney Institute in July of 1999. Entitled, “Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Bride:…
I want to mention two films I have seen on television recently. How much you relate to what I am going to say will depend…
Paraclete Press, 1999. It is the stuff of every parent’s nightmare: the shrill scream, the loud screeching brakes, the heart pounding as you run out…
Perhaps the most disconcerting item on the gay agenda is the desire to equate same-sex relationships with normal marriage and family life. In this the…
Australian Federation of Right to Life Associations, 2003. Recent developments in medical technology, the increasing secularization of society, and the return of eugenics have combined…
We live in an age where common sense has deserted us and old truths need to be restated. This paper looks at some home truths…
Since a number of Australian states are currently looking at granting special rights to homosexuals, including adoption rights, and given some recent overseas victories for…
A free press is one of the hallmarks of a democracy. The ability to allow various opinions to be heard is an important part of…
Over the years I have been involved in many public debates on contentious social issues. Given that there is a left/liberal hegemony over much of…
Broadman and Holman, 2003. Democracy is about balancing the needs and interests of the majority with those of the minority (or minorities). It is a…
In Romans 1:28 Paul says that when people reject God, God gives them over to a reprobate mind. They not only do things they should…
In mid-July a High Court ruling declared that a doctor had to pay the costs of rearing a child following a botched sterilisation. A Brisbane…
Twenty five years ago the world’s first in vitro fertilization (IVF) baby was born in England. Since then over a million babies have been born by…
That we live in a culture of death is now apparent to even the most casual social observers. Whether the issue is abortion, euthanasia, infanticide,…
In late May the Federal Labor spokeswoman on children and youth, Nicola Roxon, introduced a child protection Bill into Parliament. The Bill, entitled A Better…
Twenty years ago the term Political Correctness was not found in any standard dictionary. Now both the term, and examples of it, are ubiquitous. The…
Eerdmans, 2003. How have the forces of modernization and globalization impacted on the institutions of marriage and family? Is the decline of marriage in the…