Essays on the Frankfurt School, Part IV: Natural Rights
“I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way.” — Robert Frost One of the most…
Law
Quote of the Week: Cory Bernardi, “The Conservative Revolution”
“The very notion of true liberty is often difficult to grasp because it tends to be measured according to subjective values that can differ widely…
The Maximal Monarchy: A Monarchist’s Case Against Crowned Republicanism
¶ It’s now been almost two months since Tony Abbott’s Liberal government came to power over the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd-led Labor Party. The relative swing from left to…
Quote of the Week: Enoch Powell, “Freedom & Reality”
“There could be no greater misconception of the realities than is entertained by those who vociferously demand of legislation as they call it ‘against discrimination’,…
Centralisation Watch: Local Government Referendum a Power Grab, says S.G.S.
The president of the Samuel Griffith Society, former High Court Justice, the Hon. I. D. F. Callinan A.C. has issued a statement calling for opposition to…
Quote of the Week: Michael Whelan, “Without God All Things Are Lawful”
“There is, if you like, an inescapable logic implicit here. It goes something like this: ♦ when God (the transcendent, the ultimate, the divine dimension)…
Quote of the Week: Theodore Dalrymple, “In Praise of Prejudice”
“Rights expand to meet the egos of those for whom freedom is nothing but unconstrained action (The only good that deserves the name, says Mill,…
Quote of the Week: A. V. Dicey, “Introduction to the study of the Law of The Constitution”
“Yet even if we confine our observations to the existing condition of Europe, we shall soon be convinced that the ‘Rule of Law’ even in…
Conservative “Third Force”: Dying in Utero?
Reports of the counter-intuitive endorsement of a cultural Marxist candidate for ‘Katter’s Australian Party’ in the Australian Capital Territory’s upcoming elections, has cast a dark…
Stark Options for Australia’s Future
Since yesterday’s celebration of our national genesis, we have been reflecting on the future of this island nation with heavy hearts. Despite the superficial flag…