This matter is quite sad, almost heart-breaking. Read the material at these links. It speaks for itself. https://www.dailywire.com/news/24423/porn-star-kills-herself-after-being-bullied-amanda-prestigiacomo https://www.dailywire.com/news/25728/tragic-lonely-porn-star-dies-age-20-fourth-dead-amanda-prestigiacomo I did not immediately post them when I first read of […]
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Which Religious Orders Are Growing?
A friend has drawn my attention to this remarkable article: “The Data on the Death of Religious Orders”, by two academics, Jack P. Oostveen and David L. Sonnier, at https://onepeterfive.com/data-death-religious-orders/ That […]
Read moreJordan Peterson and the so-called Right not to Be Offended
There was food for thought in Jordan Peterson’s recent interview by an English television journalist who was woefully out of her depth. She spent the entire interview misrepresenting him in […]
Read moreThe Sexualisation of Culture
I shall be updating this piece from time to time. However, it will be a useful resource as this tragic sexualisation of culture continues. It is not that sexuality has […]
Read moreThree News Items on Nature
Here are three news items: first, Noam Chomsky being interviewed on the topic: “What We Really Want” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CFwSQiTu3I The interviewer begins saying, in a very self-satisfied way, that he and […]
Read more“Put not your trust in princes …”
The Psalmist had it right in Psalm 146: place your most profound trust in God, not in princes or politicians, or indeed any human being. It does not mean that […]
Read moreFor the 29th …
Part One The road to balance is a long hard one. There are moments when one’s state is so high that it seems as if one will always be lifted […]
Read moreMore on the Sugar Plague …
The Sydney Morning Herald’s weekend edition of 17-18 September 2016, had an article titled: “Dramatic changes needed as childhood obesity normalised” (pp. 8-9). Sadly, one in five children in NSW […]
Read moreSugar is a Plague
I am absolutely serious. Sugar is a plague. To take just one example, on 20 February 2016, Australia newspapers reported that “Children as young as five are having all their […]
Read moreWhy we should cook with olive oil
I first became aware of the danger of cooking foods in vegetable oils when I saw an article in the Sydney Morning Herald on9 November 2015, p.2. It has taken […]
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