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…
If modernism and secularisation have convinced pagans of God’s nonexistence, they have convinced many Christians of God’s manageability. That is, God has become less of…
Scripture makes it clear that there will always be an ongoing battle between the people of God and the surrounding culture. Both can have a…
It was 50 years ago this month that the contraceptive pill was launched. It sparked a worldwide revolution which we are still feeling the effects…
In 2007 Diana West wrote an interesting book entitled The Death of the Grown-Up. In it she bewailed the fact that adults just don’t want…
SaltRiver, 2010. (Available in Australia at Koorong Books) Are you looking for a riveting action thriller? An inspiring autobiography? An insider’s account of the Middle…
Political Correctness is certainly annoying, foolish and a pain in the neck. However, it can also be quite dangerous, especially when it is applied to…
In 1956 Harvard sociologist Pitirim Sorokin wrote The American Sex Revolution. In it he said, “This sex revolution is as important as the most dramatic…
While the mainstream media both here and in America is waxing sycophantic over the first 100 days of the Obama administration, treating him as the…
By now most of you would have heard of another example of madness in our public (taxpayer-funded) schools. An education kit in Queensland is encouraging…
Actually this is mostly the tale of one important man. But since I have discovered many parallels with his life and my own, I will…
The recent news story of three six-year-old boys at a Brisbane school who ran a “sex club” is certainly a shocking bit of news. One…
There are at least two clear reasons why the secular left is absolutely foaming at the mouth over Sarah Palin, John McCain’s Republican running mate.…
Abortion is one of the most controversial social issues of our day. Heat rather than light often characterises the abortion debate. There are a number…
There are many reasons why we should not legalise euthanasia. To deal adequately with them all would make this article far too long. So here…
Last week at a Melbourne university I found myself in the middle of something called Sex It Up 08. I could have been forgiven for…
Every once in a while I am asked what I am reading, so I usually produce a column such as this. Now for those folks…
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…
It had to come to this. Add one part political correctness, two parts social engineering, and three parts biotechnology, and what do you get? The…
Two six year old boys are talking together, and one says that he found a condom on a patio. The other one asks, “What’s a…