U.S. election The two pages on the U.S. presidential election in the November 19 issue of News Weekly were disappointing in that there was no mention of the role abortion played in the election of Donald Trump. During one of the presidential debates, Hillary Clinton said that she wants a Supreme Court nominee who would support unlimited abortion. She reiterated her promise to…

BEARING FALSE WITNESS: Debunking Centuries of Anti-Catholic History by Rodney Stark Templeton Press, PA Hardcover: 272 pages Price: AUD$55.90   Reviewed by Peter Kelleher   Rodney Stark is a sociologist by training and is that rare thing: a person who seeks the truth in earnest and is swayed by the truth when it is found. He is a past president…

HOME POLITICS TO WORLD TRADE by Bill Barry Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne Paperback Price: AUD$39.95   Reviewed by Jeffry Babb   The world Bill Barry grew up in is not our world. The tight-knit inner-city Irish-Australian communities were impoverished but they were sustained by two faiths: the Catholic Church and the Australian Labor Party. The ALP Split was like a death…