Political Correctness is dangerous. It is deadly. And I mean this in a very real sense. The horrific news coming out of Rotherham, UK about 1400…
Yes, to my mind, this is almost an either/or, rather than a both/and, situation. I have said it before and I will say it again:…
The general drift of both state and federal policy on the drug issue – as on a number of other social issues – is what…
Here I examine more problems with the harm minimisation approach to drug use. I finished Part One with the claim that this is a failed…
Harm minimisation advocates often claim that the distribution of clean syringes will help protect addicts from infectious diseases and protect the community at large. Thus…
You can quickly tell where a person is at by what he gives clear priority to. The same with political parties. What they prioritise and…
South Australian Senator Cory Bernardi is a conservative who is not afraid to share his convictions in the public arena. For daring to do so,…
There are far too many Christians who are woefully ignorant of things they really should know something about. And there are far too many believers…
I am always quite staggered at how some newspapers can pay good money to columnists who consistently dish up some of the most silly, illogical,…
Over five decades of social science research have told us just how bad things are for children when the father is absent. By every social…
Mental, emotional and physical well-being From nations as diverse as Finland and South Africa, a number of studies have reported that anywhere from 50 to…
It may be an old profession, but that certainly does not make it right. Prostitution has had it proponents and defenders for centuries, but the…
Historically it has always been the church and other mediating agencies which have mainly helped the poor. Only recently have expanding states significantly usurped that…
The so-called harm-minimisation crowd is at it again. Recently we have had yet another call for medically-supervised heroin injecting rooms in Australia. One such proposal…
If there is one thing which stands out perfectly clear in the just-held US election, it is this: Perhaps half of all Americans now expect…
Just in case you have not yet realised it, we are in a war. Broadly speaking, there are many who can be described as secular…
It was C. S. Lewis who once famously warned about those in white coats or white collars offering up Brave New World scenarios. It would…
“Let’s treat our children like dirt.” Now if someone actually said that we would all be up in arms. So it is not being said,…
Simply giving money to various “good” causes is not itself always necessarily virtuous. In fact, it may be downright harmful and evil. A lot depends…
Most people by now would have heard of the rather bizarre proposal by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to ban every sweetened drink over 16…