Sea Cadet On my first night at HMAS Leeuwin drill-hall (driven there by John Sanders, Not yet a world-renowned lone triple-circumnavigator, But God-like enough for me that night In his CPO’s round rig and peaked cap), The other New Entries had already had Their Parts of Ship assigned, And were parading. I was put in a room With a Manuel of Seamanship To…

Eurofracture The European Union is now under pressure as member countries seek to regain their independence from a dictatorial and suffocating Brussels bureaucracy. European business and finance are in panic mode and have obviously pressured British Prime Minister Theresa May, a former EU “remainer”, to give the masses a Clayton’s Brexit: or a Brexit that is not really a Brexit. The referendum result…

Australia faces a broad range of challenges in 2019 and beyond. The political challenges reflect deeper conflicts fracturing the nation’s cultural cohesion. The federal election will dominate politics in the first half of the year. After three years of divisions in the Liberals, the Labor Party is riding high in the polls. GetUp has announced plans to target Coalition MPs who defend family,…

A CAPTAIN’S PORTRAIT: Witold Pilecki, Martyr for Truth by Adam J. Koch Freedom Publishing Books, Scoresby Hardcover: 454 pages Price: AUD$44.95 Reviewed by Dr Keith Suter   Witold Pilecki was one of the most remarkable Polish people of World War II. In 1940, with Poland overrun by Germans, the Catholic Pilecki volunteered to go into Auschwitz concentration camp to help…

CATHOLICS CONFRONTING HITLER: The Catholic Church and the Nazis by Peter Bartley Ignatius Press, San Francisco Paperback: 296 pages Price: AUD$35.95 Reviewed by Michael E. Daniel When the reviewer studied Modern History at school, the relationship between the Nazis and the Church was glossed over in the space of a few minutes in one lesson. We were told that by…