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In Defense Of Cultural Christianity: As liberalism falters, the vestigial religious practices of post-Christian cultures could become functional parts of Christian politics once again  A European politician, known to cohabit with his girlfriend out of wedlock, triumphantly waves a rosary at a political rally. Another European leader, who presides over a deeply secularized post-Communist society,…

Who are any of the political leaders in Australia to tell any of us that we must get vaxxinated? These are political cyphers who for the moment lead governments, but are otherwise of no distinction. But now, of all things, the problems with the vax have crossed into the mainstream press, The Wall Street Journal…

How Sweden swerved Covid disaster (UnHerd) But the experiment didn’t end there. During the year that followed, the virus continued to ravage the world and, one by one, the death tolls in countries that had locked down began to surpass Sweden’s. Britain, the US, France, Poland, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Spain, Argentina, Belgium —…

The website Australian Constitution Centre is designed to teach school aged children about our ‘…Australian Constitution and the Australian system of government.’ Under the heading How else am I protected by the Constitution? is the following statement: Our Constitution is structured to protect our system of government. These protections mean we don’t have to worry about our…

Recently, sipping a takeaway coffee in light rain, getting wetter by the minute, barred from local cafes where mingled the personae gratae, I pondered how it had come to this. Spurned by civil society. I’d paid my taxes and (thankfully) never had to line up for handouts. Paid into the health system many multiples of…

Last week I received the following email from Dave Sharma, the current member for Wentworth (my local member) ….. Dear Cassie of Sydney  Australians want action on climate change  The global market is rapidly changing and is demanding lower carbon alternatives. Australia can save the planet and ensure that future generations have well-paying jobs too.…

If Kavanaugh And Barrett Betray Pro-Lifers, We Must Blow Up The Conservative Legal Movement (The Federalist) In July, Kavanaugh and Barrett joined the court’s leftist majority in declining to hear Arlene’s Flowers v. Washington, a critical religious liberty case. They again sided with the court’s left in a similar decision to turn away a religious exemption challenge to…

We are surrounded by Keynesian economists which means we are surrounded by economists who do not have the first clue about how an economy works. Keynesian – that is, modern – theory is entirely a demand-side idiocy with any notion of how an economy knits together utterly left out. Which is why I found this…