The Religion of Peace has claimed several hundred more innocent lives, this time in Sri Lanka. Once again, as we are hearing already, we will be treated to assurances that the 'truth' of orthodox Islam abjures violence. This from a creed that has made the sword one of its stock motifs

As an Australian politician I know what is best for you little people, be it blackouts, green tape and red tape, or schools that teach what to think, not how to think. I've been working hard to make all that and worse the norm and now, sooner than I ever dared hope, victory is at hand

There is a huge and entire industry -- if that is the right word for a philosophy that generates nothing but problems for all the tax dollars it consumes  -- devoted to the absurd concept that all cultures are equal. We are all the poorer for the merchandising of this toxic mythology

Their philosophies are antithetical, but the common ground of their contempt for liberty, free speech and all who disagree has spawned an alliance of convenience. How much longer can a supine West tolerate the erosion of institutions, values and public safety?

Despite the persistent campaign to paint them as their faith's renegades, the ISIS fighters could not be more Islamic if they tried A rogue, rapist and murderer, Man Haron Monis was mad by any mainstream definition, but he was one with his comrades Iraq and Syria in doing the Prophet's bidding

Time was when the charge of racism packed a genuine punch, but that was before the word's meaning was turned on its head by mis-use, over-use and those who insist, in the vile tradition of Nazism and the Klan, that race and ancestry are the key determinants of who and what we are

Will tinkering with the Constitution alter for the better a single, blessed thing about daily life in remote Aboriginal communities? Not at all, but it will make certain people feel very good about themselves

If "Indigenous culture" is to be recognised in Australia's Constitution it is vital to understand what the term means. Rap songs and break dancing, perhaps?

"In Kulgera, I heard the view expressed that Aboriginal elders effectively fulfill the same role as judges in mainstream courts, and therefore should be paid at the same rate as magistrates"