The Journal
2011
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Happy 2012? Probably Not
I wholeheartedly wish and pray for my readers and all people of goodwill, a happy, purposeful, peaceful and prosperous New Year. But I don’t think it is going to happen. Over the last six years the UN…
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Christmas, Beauty, Light, and Everything That Matters
O magnum mysterium et admirabile sacramentum, ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, jacentem in præsepio. Beata virgo, cujus viscera meruerunt portare Dominum Christum, Alleluia! O great mystery and wondrous sacrament, that animals should see the newborn Lord…
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Warming? What Warming?
It certainly isn’t getting any warmer here, with the coolest start to Summer in Australia for the last fifty years. But according to the alarmists, that’s just weather. Ed Caryl suggests that most of the land based…
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On The Persistent Promulgation Of Platitudes
It is a tad disappointing that church leaders trot out the same bland comments about illegal immigrants year after year. You might hope that if all they can up with is platitudes, they could at least try to…
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Not Such A Happy Christmas
I would have thought the primary motivation for becoming a journalist was to make the world a better place by helping people to know the truth. So it is a constant source of dismay that so many…
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If he Wants Money, Get A Job
Via Wizbang. What strikes me about this is not so much the courage, but the kindness of the store clerk. Mustafa comes at him with a gun, threatening his life for money. Derek knocks the robber…
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Carter and Condolences
Jimmy Carter is a kind-hearted and sincere man who, partly because of his own honesty and gentleness, cannot seem to believe in the dishonesty and brutality of others. He is a Christian who does not believe people…
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Just Stop It
A few grammatical points. 1. Comprise means ‘is made up of.’ Comprise should not be followed by ‘of.’ Comprise includes the ‘of.’ This is a frequent error in real estate agents’ descriptions of their properties. ‘This…
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Hitchens and Gingrich on the War on Terror
The best tribute to the despicable and admirable Christopher Hitchens is to read, hear and inwardly digest his words. This interview taped in 2002 for Uncommon Knowledge is brilliant. Two highly intelligent, eloquent men, with deep knowledge of…
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OKI Printers – Just Say No
I rarely do product reviews, and even more rarely write anything negative about something we have sold in the shop, but my experience with OKI has really been something special. We have mostly sold Canon and Epson…
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A Darn Good Question
Why is the world silent on the constant terrorist attacks on Israel? From the Chicago Tribune, by Ron Prosor, Israel’s Permanent Envoy to the UN: Silence. Just silence from the U.N. Silence from Palestinian President Mahmoud…
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The NBN Goes Down the Toilet
If there was ever any way the outrageously expensive National Broadband Network could have paid for itself, that prospect ended on Friday: NBN Co has been forced to back down on its plans to restrain Telstra from…
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Literature and the Search for Liberty
This essay by Mario Vargas Llosa is a month old now. It has been available since then behind paywalls. I only today found a site where the whole essay is available free. This is the first few paragraphs: What is…
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How to Make a Point Without Leaving a Mess
Unlike the occupy mobsters, these ladies have a point, it is a point worth making, they don’t leave a mess for anyone else to clean up, and no one got raped or murdered. Femen 5, Occupiers…
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Treasurer Swan to ANZ – I Will Be Very Angry With You
Wayne Swan has put ANZ on notice he will not tolerate the bank moving its lending rates independently of the Reserve Bank, after it revealed it would take the audacious step to review its rates on…
