Even though it is still early days yet, there have been hundreds of analyses and discussions about the Democratic swing in the recent US midterm…
There is a lot of confused thinking about the concept of separation of church and state in particular, and the role of faith in public…
Religion in the public arena has been getting a lot of attention recently. The Australian Democrats are fearful of Christian influence in politics. (Indeed, I…
Last week all the world’s media was abuzz with reports of a new stem cell extraction method which purportedly leaves the embryo alive. I penned…
Spence Publishing, 2004. One can hardly think of a better author to take on the judicial activists. Phyllis Schlafly has been a dogged defender of…
Encounter Books, 2002. A good example of the law of unintended consequences can be seen in the US law, Title IX, passed by Congress in…
The recent remarks by Health Minister Tony Abbott concerning promiscuity and abortion have triggered heated reactions from all the usual suspects: the feminists, the sex…
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…
This article was originally posted on October 24, 2003 at http://www.reason.com/sullum/102403.shtml but has since been deleted, and is reproduced here for archival purposes. What partial-birth abortions…
Harper Collins, 2002. Marriage is a problem, argues Wilson. That is, it is in a problematic state. Marriage is good for societies, for individuals, and…
The war over abortion is far from over. Indeed, three recent events have sparked a new battle in the conflict over abortion. The main cause…
In the brave new world of the 1990s, a number of emerging technological possibilities pose a threat to the family unit. The ability to ascertain…
Some 800 sexologists were asked at a recent world congress whether they would rely on a condom for protection if they had available the partner…