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Another day, another human trafficking scandal at Planned Parenthood. Check out this report from the New York Post, if you’re feeling brave: Stomach-churning emails show Planned Parenthood negotiating terms regarding the donation of aborted fetuses for medical research. The emails discuss fetal tissue like any other commodity such as sugar or rice, nonchalantly negotiating for fetuses up to […]
Imagine these words as the first speech delivered by the incoming Secretary of Education. Today, I am here to deliver bitter medicine: American education has failed. Teachers and parents, administrators and government—and even students—all bear some responsibility. The most common explanations for our educational crisis are inadequate funding, overuse of standardized testing, and systemic prejudice. […]
I just saw an essay in First Things that blew me away. “Modernity’s Self-Destruct Button” is a penetratingly profound article that deserves wide circulation. I would be remiss not to mention it. “[M]odernity seems hellbent on destroying itself.” So says the inimitable Louise Perry, journalist extraordinaire and ceaseless campaigner for common sense. She trembles not in the face […]
Since the election of Donald Trump, there have been various forms of protest from feminists. Since they see Trump as the ultimate anti-feminist, they feel compelled to take rebellious personal action against his presidency. These protests have taken the form of screaming fits, shaving one’s head, perpetually wearing a mask, and an upsurge in what is called […]
Wokery: A Wake-Up Call for the West Edited by David Daintree | Christopher Dawson Centre for Cultural Studies, 2024, 152 pages This work is a publication of the Christopher Dawson Press in Hobart, edited by the classicist David Daintree. It goes to prove that not everything from the “Apple Isle” of Australia is on the far left […]
NEWS UPDATE: President-elect Trump has announced that he will nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Donald Trump’s stunning victory has everyone talking, especially about the surprising gains that he made with minority, youth, and women voters. As a woman, I was told that most […]
How do you feel about the bigly impressive election victory of Donald Trump over in the USA on November 5? Personally, I was delighted, but I do recognise that not everyone will share my feelings, especially not emotionally vulnerable young left-leaning Americans like those currently attending the University of Oregon, right in the heart of […]
NEWS FLASH: John Robson, of the Climate Discussion Nexus, reports from Baku about COP29. The 29th UN climate conference convened in Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 11 under something of a cloud. Or rather a pile-up of incoming storm fronts. There were a lot of reasons for delegates to arrive pre-discouraged. And then came the Trump of Doom. Or a […]
The recent attacks on Israelis in Amsterdam after a soccer match between an Israeli team and a Dutch team are despicable. Disturbing videos show Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans visiting the city to attend a match against AFC Ajax, being hunted through the streets of the Dutch capital by pro-Palestine gangs demanding to know whether […]
Science at the Doorstep to God: Science and Reason in Support of God, the Soul, and Life after Death by Fr Robert Spitzer SJ | Ignatius Press | 2023, 299 pages Are all scientists really atheists? What can science do and what can it not do? Can it at least help understand whether the universe needs an intelligent […]
2016 was the year of “Make America Great Again.” 2024 will be the year of “I’m Voting for The Convicted Felon.” In a nation of catchy slogans, this one seems to strike a chord. Donald Trump has been indicted on multiple counts and he is a convicted felon. Yet he has been elected as the 47th […]
I can count on one hand the times I have seen leaders of media organisations engage in anything that could be described as hard-hitting forms of self-critique in the public square. One of those times was when Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg went on public record, in a letter to the Republican House Judiciary Committee (dated 26 August […]
During an event at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse last week, presidential hopeful Kamala Harris was heckled by a couple of students shouting “Jesus is Lord!” as she began stumping for abortion. “You guys are at the wrong rally,” the Vice President shouted disapprovingly at the lads, who have since relayed their story to several news outlets. […]
Both candidates in next month’s election for President of the United States are vague about their policies. As The Economist put it: “Kamala Harris’s plans lack detail; Donald Trump’s are sometimes untethered from reality”. But there is one issue on which Harris is, to quote her campaign emails, “relentless, focused, determined, and disciplined”: abortion. In fact, it […]
Wikipedia is among the dozen or more sources plagiarised by presidential hopeful Kamala Harris in her 2009 book Smart on Crime, according to a bombshell report released earlier today. Uncovered by the renowned Austrian “plagiarism hunter” Stefan Weber, the story came to light stateside thanks to journalist Christopher Rufo, and already boasts over a million posts on X. Weber, […]