From around the time of the Enlightenment, science began usurping the role of religion. Prior to then, most people had a high regard for Christianity,…
I read a brief news item recently about a school which would no longer give low marks to students, such as a fail, because it…
A poster which has recently been displayed outside of some Australian churches has caused a fair bit of controversy. The large outdoor posters feature the…
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…
I wrote yesterday that there is little unanimity concerning global warming and man’s role in it. Given that Al Gore’s new film, An Inconvenient Truth…
There are many who argue that the most pressing problem facing mankind is global warming. Former American vice president Al Gore was just here in…
There are many problems with vilification legislation, especially when applied to religion. I have documented ten such problems in my paper, The Problem with Vilification…
Spence, 2003. Like Whittaker Chambers before him, David Horowitz must have thought he was abandoning the winning side for the losing side, when he embraced…
Spence, 2001. We live in an age where virtues have become vices, and vices have become virtues. What most societies shuttered at just decades ago…
Encounter Books, 2002. The rapid growth in biotechnology has seen a corresponding growth in bioethics. Unfortunately, however, many bio-ethicists have become handmaidens to Big Biotech.…
Eerdmans, 2002. What are the social, legal, medical and psychological implications of the fact that marriage is good for you? This collection of essays seeks…
A new social movement in America is advocating some very sensible policy proposals while arguing for pro-family values. The communitarian movement, as it is called,…
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…