For all the talk about “safeguards”, there really can be no really effective safeguards in legalised euthanasia. Countries which have legalised euthanasia speak much about…
If we legalise euthanasia, this will not be a compassionate move, but a very ugly move, for those who are most vulnerable will be most…
Four major topics lumped together in one article could be a recipe for disaster. But there is a method to my apparent madness, so allow…
In 2006 Ramesh Ponnuru wrote a book entitled The Party of Death. It was primarily about the US Democratic Party, and the courts and mainstream…
On August 10 Fr Frank Brennan published an article entitled, “Why a conscientious Christian could vote for the Greens”. It has since appeared in various…
What’s that old saying about ‘the enemy of my enemy is my friend’? Well, what about the friend of my enemy is my enemy? Something…
Encounter Books, 2010. Common sense these days has been thrown out the window, so we must reaffirm and defend basic truths. One such truth is…
We live in very dark times. Indeed, it can be rightly argued that we are descending into a new dark ages. The moral freefall that…
As the culture of death becomes ever more blatant, and seeks to extend its reach throughout the globe, the battle for life becomes ever more…
US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi appears to have a rather aberrant view of her faith. Claiming to be a good Catholic, she is…
The pro-death camp is ever active, and it is constantly seeking to introduce more pro-death legislation in various jurisdictions. In Tasmania a private members bill…
This year we have an important double anniversary of Charles Darwin: the 200th anniversary of his birth, and the 150th anniversary of his classic work,…
Most people know about Hitler’s plan to create a master race and to weed out the unfit and inferior races. His horrible plans resulted in…
We are now familiar with the culture wars raging in the Western world. Battles over such things as abortion, or the institution of marriage, are…
Now that I have caught your attention by means of a deliberately provocative question, let me start by asking another question: Will Christians be voting…
One of the most common arguments for the legalisation of abortion is the issue of the so-called hard cases. Invariably when a discussion of legal…
Several years ago R. Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, made a profound observation: “Christians are sleeping through history as new medical…
There is no shortage of nutty ideas. A recent news item proclaimed that by mid-century, humans and robots will engage in loving and sexual relationships.…
Fear-mongering about the environment is not new. And using our classrooms to terrorise our kids about supposed environmental catastrophes is not new either. The people…
Do worldviews matter? You bet they do. Ideas have consequences, and bad ideas have bad consequences. Bad worldviews lead to some very bad outcomes. Take…