May 2018 Volume LXII, Number 5, No. 546
Theology and Cosmology
Prophets of the Apocalypse
The Ubiquity of Unctuous Pieties
Waiting and Yearning for the Cavalary
Low-Growth Big-Statism
The Coming Age of De-Globalisation
Contents
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Sir: In the midst of speculation about black holes and […]April 30, 2018
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When the likes of Noam Chomsky set the agenda, anyone who imagines the 'progressive' Left of today’s intellectual class is morally worthier or intellectually loftier than the lunatic prophets of medieval Europe needs to think againMay 4, 2018
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An age of communication such as ours is also an age of logocracy, the rule of words and those who have mastered them, in which expressed sentiment is the beginning and end of virtue (and vice). Alas, it is not true that words are cheap and easy, at least not in the long runMay 20, 2018
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It used to be the case that an election determined […]
April 30, 2018
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As Treasurer Scott Morrison unveils what has not already been leaked of his 2018 budget, a reminder that, while high growth makes a big-spending state sustainable, the converse is also true: a big-spending state is the primary drag on economic growthMay 8, 2018
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President Trump’s announcement of tariffs on steel and aluminium was […]
April 30, 2018
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Despite the best hopes of the liberal-minded West, the globalisation and modernisation of China have made its communist rulers less democratic at home and, on the international stage, more belligerent. Trump is prepared to accept this reality and acts accordinglyMay 28, 2018
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The two political champions of 'moderate' Italy -- Berlusconi and Renzi -- have both fallen, rejected resoundingly by voters very much imbued with the spirit of Brexit and Trump's deplorables. 'Populism' has been the ready explanation, but there is much more to it than thatMay 27, 2018
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The decay of the Family Court of Australia's authority as an institution in the eyes of the citizenry has been a long process. Its recent deliberations in the case of "Kelvin" -- a girl who wishes she were born a boy and seeks to change that -- furthers the unravellingMay 22, 2018
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Child abuse and neglect overwhelmingly occur in households from which the biological father is absent or removed. Shamefully, recognising and defending fathers' role in the protection of their biological children is spurned by the prevailing left-feminist agendaMay 23, 2018
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This past week in Indonesia, several entire families of suicide bombers attacked Christian worshippers. Normally it is Jews who are on the sharp end of Islam's enmity for all other creeds, yet somehow, unlike Hitler's very few latter day disciples, Muslim hatred goes largely unremarkedMay 16, 2018
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Armed with unimpeachable statistics I sought without success an official explanation as to why male applicants are being systemically denied teaching jobs for which they apply. The feminising of education continues apace as, two years on, I am yet to receive a replyMay 11, 2018
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America Looks to Australia: The Hidden Role of Richard Casey […]
April 30, 2018
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The Quest for Queen Mary by James Pope-Hennessy, edited by […]
April 30, 2018
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Subjectivist determination of right and wrong is no longer subject to the norms of rationality, with tyranny a perfectly consistent outcome if the objective norms are rejected. Power becomes the ultimate virtue, a moral obligation to dominate its compulsion and credoJune 11, 2018
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The world of the 1930s badly needed an explanation for the Great Depression and Keynesian economics provided it, plus a beguiling solution: increase government expenditure. Real life is much messier, yet the simple notion of opening the cash spigot continues to prevailJune 9, 2018
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John Selden and the Western Political Tradition by Ofir Haivry […]
April 30, 2018
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Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie Bloomsbury, 2017, 260 pages, $24.99 […]
April 30, 2018
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Three Duties and Talleyrand’s Dictum: Keith Waller: Portrait of a […]
April 30, 2018
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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress […]
April 30, 2018
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Little Demon by Michael Wilding Arcadia, 2018, 260 pages, $29.95 […]
April 30, 2018
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Patrick O'Brian's books bear favourable comparison with Proust, their digressions into matters other than naval warfare of the Napoleonic era being nothing less than delights. Never immersed yourself in the author's world of wood, tar and canvas? What a pityJune 3, 2018
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In Jane Austen’s novels, little children are usually heard rather […]
April 30, 2018
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It is a hundred years since the birth of Jørn […]
April 30, 2018
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Clarinets, Pipelines and Unforeseen Places: The Evolution of an Engineer […]
April 30, 2018
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When Playwriting Australia (PWA) acknowledges the traditional custodians and pays […]
April 30, 2018
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Lancelot “Capability” Brown (1716–1783) There was much celebration in Britain […]
April 30, 2018
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John Dryden once defined music as “inarticulate poesy” (poetry). Turning […]
April 30, 2018
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What were the Human Rights Commission’s attacks on Bill Leak but attempts to silence him? Why else apart from fear and cowardice do media outfits marginalise conservative content? How else other than dumb censors would you categorise the Press Council's scolding ninnies?May 29, 2018
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Bill Shorten abused an Asian shopkeeper unable to satisfy his yearning for a pie. Today he's Mr Caring-Sensitive and that incident has gone down the memory hole, just as Turnbull's backers forgot his abysmal record as a leader and vote-winnerMay 13, 2018
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Sister When my sister slipped away her slippers fell […]
April 30, 2018
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A Single Sparrow The present life of man, O king, […]
April 30, 2018
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Learning of the death of the Circus Girl Your […]
April 30, 2018
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The Great Male-versus-Female Guitar Contest of 1933 Little Lizzy Douglas […]
April 30, 2018
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Jaguar Girl Her gaze is tipped with curare, her […]
April 30, 2018
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Homework In the darkness, a grey gaggle of teenage […]
April 30, 2018
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The Last Voyage They came at us with rocks […]
April 30, 2018
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Wheel Chair Vista The view is not good; no eye […]
April 30, 2018
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