Be forewarned. Coulter is conservatism’s pit bull terrier. And as a pit bull, she goes straight for the jugular. No niceties, no tact, no diplomacy,…
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…
The abortion drug RU486 has caused quite a stir lately. With so much debate on the issue, the Federal Government recently held a public inquiry…
Encounter Books, 2004. In 1932 Aldous Huxley wrote his prophetic and chilling novel, Brave New World. In it he mapped out a future in which…
The issues of cloning in general and stem cell research in particular have swamped the media during the past several years. As in earlier debates…
When an American President champions its cause, an Australian Education Minister says it should be looked into, and the cover of Time magazine treats it…
This volume does a good job of showing the various shortcomings of science, and debunking the myth of the neutrality of science.
Encounter Books, 2004. It might seem odd to have to pen a book like this, but we live in odd times. Thus a book like…
That we live in a culture of death is now apparent to even the most casual social observers. Whether the issue is abortion, euthanasia, infanticide,…
The Victorian Government has recently issued a draft code on reproductive technology, stem cells and embryo research. It has been written by the Stem Cell…
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…
The Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS), which was established as part of the Family Law Act 1975, began operations in 1980. It was meant,…
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.…
Eerdmans, 2000. Bio-ethics is a new and burgeoning field, affecting all of us. Issues like human cloning, genetic engineering, assisted reproductive technologies, genetically modified foods,…
Eerdmans, 2002. One of the areas of greatest growth and expansion in recent times is that of biotechnology. New developments are taking place almost weekly,…
There has been a noticeable shift over the past fifty years concerning those whom society, and the media, look to as authority figures, as sources of…
The Christian Institute, 2002. The demands of the homosexual lobby never seem to diminish, and their determined war of attrition is paying off handsomely. One…
In the March 29 Melbourne Age there appeared an article by Peter Singer entitled “Why we should ignore the Catholic Church on stem cells”. In…
Eerdmans, 2001. In the past few decades the advances in bio-technology and genetics have been astounding. The scientific and technical breakthroughs have far out-stripped our…