Modernism can be described in many ways, but central to the modernist project have been several related emphases: man by reason alone can come to…
The march of science and the outworking of Enlightenment thinking has been a mixed bag. There has been both progress and regress during the past…
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…
For most of human history people have accepted the fact that life is “nasty, poor, brutish, and short”, to use Hobbes’s phrase. But advances in…
It is always interesting – and scary – to check out the transhumanist websites. Go ahead: Google the term transhumanism. First up you will find…
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…
I have argued elsewhere that Christianity was instrumental in the rise of the West. Progress in law, economics, science and society have largely been based…
Despite the by now routine and rather boring warnings about the end of the world as we know it, the actual truth may be quite…
The cultural revolution of the 60s unleashed a lot of madness and mischief on to the world. I should know, because I was a part…
On Friday night Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott delivered an incisive talk on Islam and the war on terror. An edited version of the talk…
Spinifex Press, 2006. Melinda Tankard Reist is at it again. In 2000 she performed an invaluable service with her book, Giving Sorrow Words. In it…
Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2002. Roger Scruton is one of England’s best conservative writers and philosophers. He is the author of several important volumes, and for…
Ignatius Press, 1994. This book is a treat. One of the great Christian apologists, writers and thinkers of the last century is discussed by one…
Australian Federation of Right to Life Associations, 2003. Recent developments in medical technology, the increasing secularization of society, and the return of eugenics have combined…
Encounter Books, 2002. As the Western world grows increasingly secular, the attacks on religion in general and Christianity in particular become ever more shrill and…
Encounter Books, 2002. The rapid growth in biotechnology has seen a corresponding growth in bioethics. Unfortunately, however, many bio-ethicists have become handmaidens to Big Biotech.…
Lion 2000. While there are many good books on bioethics, not all are of equal value. Many quite good books on the subject are written…
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…
Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1991. Exactly two years ago Kuwait was an occupied nation. In the West a tremendous debate took place as to…
Regnery Gateway, 1990. When DDT was patented as an insecticide in 1939, it was welcomed as a much-needed substitute for the toxic insecticides then commonly…