I have had a long standing concern for our children, and how certain activist groups are targeting them. And I have long held that the…
Allen & Unwin, 2005. One would not be too cynical in suggesting that God Under Howard by Marion Maddox is quite similar to Dan Brown’s…
While we all shudder at the destruction wrought by the tsunami, we all can applaud the generosity of spirit and compassion that has poured out…
I just returned from the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal in Melbourne, where the two Christian pastors have been found guilty of vilifying Muslims. The…
On Friday December 17 two Christian pastors were found guilty of vilifying Muslims. The decision, handed down in Melbourne, could mark the beginning of the…
Archbishop George Pell’s defence of marriage was met by the usual shouts of “bigotry” and “intolerance”. Hurling abuse is always easier than making a rational…
If you have seen the front page of this morning’s Sunday Herald Sun, you know of the story of a 14-year-old boy who has won…
In 1984 the American social commentator Richard John Neuhaus wrote an incisive book entitled The Naked Public Square. In it he argued that in the…
In the culture wars, fair fights are hard to come by. Sometimes the odds are so stacked against you, that you hardly feel like wading…
In late November the Sexpo experience again came to the city of Melbourne. The four day exhibition is put on by the porn industry. It…
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:…
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…
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…
PublicAffairs, 2002. As in Australia and other Western nations, the United States has been involved in a lengthy and divisive debate concerning the new reproductive…
In mid-2002 a pro-homosexual booklet was distributed to every secondary school in Victoria. The 72-page booklet, Alsorts, cost some $80,000 to produce and distribute. The…
An interesting article/interview with Peter Singer appeared in the December 1 Sunday Age. Entitled, “In a softer light,” the sympathetic article tried to portray the…
The Melbourne Age’s regular anti-religion writer, Pamela Bone has issued another salvo against faith. Entitled “The most dangerous force in the world,” (Nov. 30), the…
InterVarsity Press, 2002. “Since neither a newborn human infant nor a fish is a person, the wrongness of killing such beings is not as great…
There are certain taboo subjects which in an age of Political Correctness are pretty much guaranteed never to see the light of day. Many such…
Should we institute a scheme of paid maternity leave? I am going to argue neither for the affirmative, nor for the negative. Instead, I will…