What Airport Security Teaches Us About The “Secular” Public Square
You can’t board an aircraft without going through airport security. Everyone and everything that enters the plane is screened. Your luggage. Your backpack. Even you. Nothing gets through without security’s permission. They’re the gatekeepers. Now ...read more
Six Reasons Socialism is Sexy Again—But Shouldn’t Be
Wherever you look, socialism is sexy again. In the UK this week, Jeremy Corbyn is seeking election as the nation’s Prime Minister on a proudly socialist platform. In the US, socialist Bernie Sanders is making ...read more
Questions about the Israel Folau Settlement
What are we to make of the Israel Folau and Rugby Australia settlement? It appears that they have kissed and made up – sort of. As most folks would have heard by now, the long-running ...read more
Activism and emotion pale beside science and reason
By Greg Sheridan, The Australian. Editor's Note: Greg Sheridan describes the increasing violence and anarchy afflicting Western societies, without regard to democratic, reasoned decision-making or the good of the nation. How can we move forward in ...read more
Do Australians Really Support Euthanasia?
Do a huge majority of Australians really support euthanasia, as is often claimed? Most people do not understand what is meant by euthanasia. It would seem that most people are opposed to the unnecessary prolonging ...read more
Six Myths Christians Should Stop Believing, Part 2
Welcome to Part 2 of Six Myths Christians Should Stop Believing. Some things Christians believe are quite strange. Like the Queen said to Alice of Wonderland fame, even I sometimes catch myself believing as many ...read more
Tipping Point
I have always felt that our society is at a tipping point when it comes to the restoration of fatherhood in our society. Part of that is my innate tendency to optimism. For me the ...read more
Students betrayed by faddish schools of thought
by Kevin Donnelly, The Australian. Editor’s Note: Kevin Donnelly puts his finger on just how Australia's education system has fallen into crisis, and suggests how we can do better by our children, restoring sound pedagogy. ...read more
Israel Folau versus Rugby Australia—Who Won?
Eight months after Rugby Australia sacked star fullback Israel Folau for expressing his faith on Instagram, the two parties have settled out of court for an undisclosed sum. Many Australians—and people the world over—have watched ...read more
My doctor is killing me!
My doctor is killing me! Well, maybe not. In a society that values life, doctors are trained to “do no harm”. Unless a doctor is a psychopath or incompetent, or practising beyond his capabilities, I ...read more
How Embarrassing
Another month has passed by, and there is still no sign of the drought-breaking rain that is so very much needed in many parts of Australia. Does this mean that God hasn’t answered our prayers? ...read more
The False Prophecies of Environmentalism
With the recent bushfires that have ravaged the eastern coast of NSW, many are proclaiming that the prophecies of environmentalists are being fulfilled before our very eyes. Leader of the global climate movement — 16-year-old ...read more
On “Conversion” Therapy and Rainbow Big Brother
More coercive utopian governments pushing radical agendas and crushing our freedoms: I did a radio interview on Friday morning on how the dictatorial Dan Andrews’ government in Victoria is seeking to outlaw “conversion therapy,” and ...read more
Should a Secular Court Decide if Izzy Folau is a Christian?
Should a secular court have the power to decide if Izzy Folau is Christian? That’s what may happen if the Federal government’s proposed Religious Discrimination Bill – to have been tabled in Parliament last week ...read more
Ten Reasons Why Christians Shouldn’t use Indigenous Protocols
Both Welcome to Country—said by an indigenous person—and Acknowledgement of Country—which is said by someone who is not indigenous—have become a popular practice in the media, government and even in business. What’s more, Aboriginal smoking ...read more
Can we put the ‘care’ back into aged care?
by Peter Westmore, News Weekly. The Interim Report of the Aged Care Royal Commission, which was released at the end of October, is both an indictment of our society’s treatment of the aged and infirm, ...read more
On Christians, Chicken, and Living in Caves
Increasingly our options are being lessened as more and more companies and businesses push ungodly agendas: I had recently started an article on how Western Christians are to respond to the increased persecution, anti-Christian bigotry, ...read more
No Regrets
I am fascinated by what people say and think before they leave the planet. Wisdom is sometimes very costly and as you consider the past, you can understand the future better. Dr Bruce Robinson, probably ...read more
Six Myths Christians Should Stop Believing
Some things Christians believe are quite strange. Like the Queen said to Alice of Wonderland fame, even I sometimes catch myself believing as many as six impossible things before breakfast. As believers inhabiting an unbelieving ...read more
PC language is a tool to unravel our social fabric
by Kevin Donnelly, The Australian. Illustration: Johannes Leak. Editor's Note: Kevin Donnelly deftly exposes the dangers of contemporary culture's increasing forcefulness in policing language, demanding conformity to warped ideologies that distort the very fabric of ...read more