Issue 2019 March 23
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THE AUSTRALIAN CLIMATE Same old same old in our beloved sunburnt country
The “worst in living memory” is a phrase the media has taken to using to describe the severity of recent damaging weather, be it drought, flood, storm or heatwave. But, even with the best of intent, “living” memory is often inaccurate, particularly when it relates to recollections of events that may have occurred 70 or more years ago. There is no substitute for…
POETRY
Thundering Hoofbeats Australians love the expectation,Colour and the drama of the racetrack.The thunder of drumming hoofs.The very souls of fans on the fenceThe jockeys’ shining silks,The ever-present experts withA “good thing in the third” or“a certainty in the last”.Above all, we love to see “poetry in motion”,A champion in full flight. Remembering … Phar Lap, Bernborough, Kingston Town, Winx, Black Caviar, Mackyve…
LETTERS
The Church and Cardinal George Pell Should the Church publicly stand by Archbishop George Pell after his conviction for child sexual abuse? We have seen what happened to Christ upon being arrested “At that point all the disciples deserted him”. Is that to be the fate of George Pell? Are we to descend into cowardly silence, only muttering that the conviction is…
Has Cardinal George Pell been wrongly convicted?
Cardinal George Pell, one of the highest prelates of the Catholic Church, has been convicted by a jury of child sexual abuse, and is awaiting sentencing. His defence lawyers have announced an appeal. Leading commentators and lawyers have questioned the conviction. Andrew Bolt is a leading Australian commentator on Sky News. He describes himself as an agnostic who says he has met Cardinal…
EDITORIAL For politicians: lessons from Europe’s emerging pro-family parties
With the federal election due soon, Australian politicians could heed the example of political parties winning government in parts of Eastern and Western Europe on pro-family economic platforms. The policies of these parties are designed to stem Europe’s demographic decline that, in turn, is drawing millions of migrants, legal and illegal, from Africa and the Middle East into Europe. They also reflect growing…
BOOK REVIEW What draining the DC swamp turns up
THE RUSSIA HOAX: The Illicit Scheme to Clear Hillary Clinton and Frame Donald Trump by Gregg Jarrett Broadside (HarperCollins, New York Hardcover: 352 pages Price: AUD$52.99 Reviewed by Hal G.P. Colebatch This book is an indispensible guide through the toxic swamp that much of the political establishment of Washington, DC, has become. One reads it both with horror at what…
BOOK REVIEW The three-part attack on the home
THE SEXUAL STATE: How Elite Ideologies Are Destroying Lives and Why the Church Was Right All Along by Jennifer Roback Morse TAN Books, Charlotte, NC Hardcover: 420 pages Price: AUD$55.95 Reviewed by Michael Quinlan Dr Jennifer Roback Morse has a PhD in economics and is the founder of the not-for-profit Ruth Institute. The Sexual State is her fourth book. In…
