Liberal MP Bronwyn Bishop and her colleagues on a House of Representatives Committee have a lot of guts. They have been willing to take on…
One leading theme of postmodernism is what is known as the rejection of all metanarratives. PoMo argues that there are no grand stories, no overarching…
Not everyone can have children, and not everyone wants children. That’s OK. There is no law mandating fecundity. For various reasons, many may want to…
Vladimir Bukovsky knows all about dictatorships. He lived in one for over a decade. The former Soviet dissident was expelled from the Soviet Union in…
With the recent military victory of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, we have yet more bad news for the beleaguered nation of Israel. Iran and…
The welfare state arose just after the second World War and has been a dominant – and growing – feature of the West ever since.…
The international feminist movement is an interesting beast. It claims to represent how women think and feel on various issues, yet it seems quite selective…
Appeasement takes many forms. One is to make excuses for those intent on destroying us and our way of life. Instead of pointing out why…
Homosexuals continue to demand special rights. That of course is to be expected. What is, or should be, unexpected is when Christians join the chorus,…
When radical social experiments are undertaken, it takes a while for the dust to settle and for clear assessments to be made as to how…
While certain religions are growing in some parts of the world, they are in decline in other parts. But the decline of one religion is…
The debate about climate change is far from over. The issues are varied and complex, and there is no clear scientific unanimity on the subject.…
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…
Often the most dangerous scenarios come packaged in the most attractive of wrappings. Various promises of heaven on earth are an example. Consider the case…
Three items on Islam. One. Peter Costello made some timely remarks on Islam and deserves support. All the papers are reporting the story, so please…
In the busyness of fighting the many skirmishes in the culture wars, be it the stem cell debate, the battle over marriage and family, the…
Basic Books, 2005. Why is it that the 70,000 word constitution of the European Union does not once mention the term ‘Christianity’? How is it…
As one who has grown up in, and been a part of, the counter-culture of the 60’s and 70’s, I want to examine the way…