Wynand du Toit I refer to the article, “Wynand du Toit: writing into the sunset” (News Weekly, December 1, 2018) by John Elsegood. What an interesting article, but I was disappointed in two ways. First, whilst telling us that two SADF soldiers were killed and du Toit was captured, it didn’t tell us that the other members of the nine-man party were successfully…

Donald Trump could win a second term as U.S. president in 2020 against deep opposition from the establishment and the progressive left. A letter from a Trump supporter to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) indicates why he could win: “I am unalterably supportive, flawed vessel or not. It’s not the man, it’s the resistance that binds us to him.” Daniel Henninger, a journalist…

There should be no need for Australians to bother with an election campaign this year as far as the media are concerned; for them, it has already been decided. The Coalition’s preselection “processor”doubles an an energy policy. Many commentators of note, including those on the ABC, have called the race even before the starting gun has been fired and installed Bill Shorten in…

GARDASIL: Fast-Tracked and Flawed by Helen Lobato Spinifex Press, North Geelong Paperback: 138 pages Price: AUD$19.95 Reviewed by Jacqueline Gwynne The book Gardasil: Fast Tracked and Flawed by Helen Lobato was launched earlier this year by Spinifex Press. Lobato comes from a background in critical-care nursing and presented a radio program on health at a Melbourne community radio station. She…

SEX MATTERS: How Modern Feminism Lost Touch with Science, Love and Common Sense by Mona Charen Crown Publishing, New York Hardcover: 320 pages Price: AUD$49.99 Reviewed by Madeleine van der Linden Feminism has been a shaping ideology of Western culture for over 60 years, and its effects are being felt. The current move towards aggressive denial of biological sexual difference…

FAMILY CYCLES: Strength, Decline and Renewal in American Domestic Life, 1630–2000 by Allan C. Carlson Transaction, Piscatawy, New Jersey Paperback: 182 pages Price: AUD$58.95 Reviewed by Peter Westmore Allan Carlson, arguably the United States’ foremost historian and sociologist of the family, wrote this important book to document historical cycles of strength and weakness in the family in the U.S. from…