Reviews inform our viewing As a family with a newborn, we haven’t gone to a movie in months. Before that, it was a once or twice a month occurrence, sometimes feeling like a waste of time if the movie was particularly vulgar or had a plot line that led nowhere. Then I stumbled upon the reviews by Symeon J. Thompson in News Weekly. I…

A Northern Territory discussion paper proposes redefining the human person by their fluid gender identity and sexual orientation, while removing the biological definitions of man and woman from the Territory Anti-Discrimination Act. Binary is out of fashion. The discussion paper for “Modernising the Anti-Discrimination Act” (ADA), issued by the Territory Attorney-General’s Department, says that the proposals are based on changes…

EVERYTHING UNDER THE HEAVENS: How the Past Helps Shape China’s Push for Global Power by Howard W. French Scribe, Melbourne Paperback: 352 pages Price: AUD$35.00 Reviewed by Jeffry Babb Teachers are greatly respected in traditional Chinese society. Confucius, for example, the most influential political thinker in China’s long history, was a teacher. Teachers are responsible for the transmission of values…