The Journal
Current Affairs
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Frank Devine
Frank Devine, Christian and journalist, is dead at age 77. Frank was born in New Zealand (as I was) but was a genuine Australian. Like his adopted country, he was dry, beautiful (for his character and his writing), harsh (sometimes)…
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Two Interesting Articles
One by Dennis Prager on the cowardice of Hollywood, and why you should go and see The Stoning Of Soraya M. And one by Christina Hoff Summers (and yes the articles are related) on the entrenched…
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Numbers Prove Nothing
Numbers can prove lots of things. But not in the case of supposed election fraud in Iran. Bernd Beber and Alexandra Scacco’s Washington Post story of statistical anomalies seems at first read to prove the Iranian election…
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Cap And Trade US Self-Sabotage Bill Passed
Possibly the most monumental piece of economic lunacy ever proposed by any government anywhere (and I include the collectivisation of farms in Stalinist Russia) has passed through the US Congress. This despite the fact that members of…
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Farah Fawcett And Eternal Life
I never paid much attention to Farah Fawcett. I wasn’t fond of Charlie’s Angels, and when I did watch it, enjoyed Kate Jackson more. Farah was indeed beautiful, and was an actress of considerable ability. But those are not…
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Nothing Changes In Iran
After two weeks of protests over the possibly rigged re-election of Iranian President Imanutjob in which twenty people were killed and hundreds arrested, things are back to normal in Iran. Irans’ supreme executive body, Guardian Council, has…
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Michael Jackson Dead
Michael Jackson has died of a heart attack. he was fifty. The same age as me. He was a bit of a Peter Pan, always seeming young, despite the ghastly plastic surgery. The last several years have been…
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Obama, Iran, Inspectors General
I am not sure that some of the criticism directed at President Barack Obama over his reticence to comment on the Iran election is entirely fair. He can reasonably comment on the brutal suppression of dissent, and…
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Children At Work, Infants In The Senate
Kathy and I cared for foster children over a number of years, including babies and toddlers. I well understand the diffculties of blending work and the responsibilities of caring for children. There are a number of worksplaces and…
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To Wasting Billions Of Dollars, Fielding Says No
Senator Steve Fielding says he believes it would be irresponsible for any member of parliament to vote for the Australian Federal Government’s carbon emission trading scheme, given that it will cause substantial damage to the economy,…
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Wives Becoming More Violent?
I seriously doubt it. This article in today’s Australian points to a 159% increase in the number of women facing dometic violence charges over the last eight years as an indicator that women are becoming more…
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They Got Her In The End
But Carrie Prejean is still a lady: I worked in good faith to meet my responsibilities as Miss California USA. I have met every scheduled appearance, and responsibility, as recently as May 31st. I have followed…
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Chuck Norris Is Scared
In another article from Townhall, Chuck Norris draws on an open letter from Lou Pritchett, a former vice president of Procter & Gamble, to list a few scary things about Obama and his administration. He starts…
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Imanutjob Scores Clear Victory
Or maybe not. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad certainly got the most votes. But a couple of things point to the possibility the result may have been, let’s say, adjusted. For the people’s benefit, of course. Because they don’t really…
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Ann Coulter And Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Find common ground in their concerns about Obama’s speech to the Islamic world in Cairo. I wrote a few days ago that the big omission from that speech was any reference to the real reasons for the…
