Pro Multis, non Pro Omnibus “It may be that God has borne, long and patiently, with those who are the objects of his vengeance.” Romans 9: 22 The Virgin’s little cousin   Was a fearful little beast, Who didn’t care for Abraham   Or Isaac in the least – Or for Jacob!  He liked Esau …   “Oh, that sad, impulsive man!” Sighed…

Dame Joan: a defence I was most amused to read in “What’s the score?” (News Weekly, March 11, 2017) of Dame Joan Sutherland, national musical treasure, known as La Stupenda throughout her 30-year international operatic career, and regarded by many as the voice of the century, being referred to by Dr David James as “good but the same as the score”! One thing…

Malcolm Turnbull’s bold decision to reform the Racial Discrimination Act to make it less subjective and more robust and effective has been labeled as another burden he will have to take to the next election that will deny him votes. Bill Shorten’s Labor thinks it is on a winner on section 18C of the act, believing that it has won the moral high…

TITANIC: Minute by Minute by Jonathan Mayo   Short Books, London Paperback: 304 pages Price: AUD $22.99 Reviewed by Michael E. Daniel   Just over one hundred years after the disaster, public interest in the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912, shows no sign of abating. Jonathan Mayo, a freelance writer and former BBC journalist whose works include…

THE DEMON IN DEMOCRACY: Totalitarian Temptations in Free Societies by Ryszard Legutko Encounter Books, NY Hardcover: 200 pages Price: AUD $34.99 Reviewed by Brian Coman   In 1989, Francis Fukuyama published his famous essay entitled The End of History. Here he argued that, with the break-up of the Soviet Empire (then just beginning), the political system of liberal democracy would…