The key question concerning crime and punishment is, or should be, what works? Can a rape victim be expected to listen respectfully while the man who violated her speaks of his background and circumstances? The current fashion for restorative justice benefits only the academic careerists, social workers and bureaucrats who champion it

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There seems these days a compulsion among many to downgrade and, indeed, to denigrate Christianity's legacies and presence. Re-assigning the celebration of the Messiah's death and resurrection to Ishtar, a bush league goddess of no known relevance, is the latest example

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Widespread love for 'Lord of the Rings' meant 'Rings of Power' drew a vast global audience to its first two episodes. What they saw is terrible acting, a script loaded with asinine gaffes and goofs, rampant wokeism and characters seemingly crafted to repel viewers' affection. This billion-dollar travesty of a series is worse than bad, it's excruciating

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If we need a lockdown-- as I said, my personal view is that we do -- medical specialists have to give the government consistent, coherent evidence-based reasons why. So far, that explanation has been lacking

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Branding as 'transphobes' and 'homophobes' those who disagree with hormonally dosed men competing with genetic women works well on Facebook and Twitter, where Left orthodoxy prevails. But on the sporting field, those keeping score know the difference between gender theory and biological reality

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It doesn’t matter if you agree with Israel Folau or not. If you have ever posted anything on social media anyone could disagree with or find offensive, or ever said anything in any gathering that an over-zealous employer could claim might bring his or her business into disrepute, eventually the mob will come for you

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Strangely, for one usually so sceptical and questioning, the alleged high rate of child abuse in the Catholic Church was something I simply absorbed from the ether, or perhaps from the ABC. Looking back, I am still not sure why, while enthusiastically poking holes in most other ABC reporting, I was content to accept their […]

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Facts can be complex, laws confusing and trials long. But the finding of the jury that judged George Pell is unaccountable. The verdict is not an indictment of Cardinal Pell, far less the Catholic Church as a whole, but of Australia’s mainstream media and Victoria Police

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The verdict is not an indictment of George Pell and the Catholic Church. It is an indictment of the media, whose vindictive witch hunt led to frenzied demands that someone, anyone, be punished. In this case the designated victim has done more than anyone to eradicate the very abuse for which he was laughably convicted

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We all know about projection and the human inclination to perceive one's own frailties, flaws and follies in others. These days the concept is reradily observed. Look at those on the Left so loudly denouncing as 'fascists' all and sundry who disagree and you will find the genuine lovers of jackboots

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