National Observer - Australia and World Affairs articles from September 2005

National Observer - Australia and World Affairs archives from September 2005

The Australian polity: the worm in the rose.(Editorial)
September 22, 2005... The poem of William Blake, which speaks of the worm in the rose, is applicable to Australia today, where presently the greatest threat to the future security of the country comes from within, not from without. One cannot be sure what the...

Morality and convenience abortions.(EDITORIAL COMMENT)
September 22, 2005... Because abortion is an emotional issue, often it is not considered rationally. In fact, two issues arise. The first is whether abortion is immoral. The second is how, if abortion is immoral, it should be dealt with legislatively. The...

The 1975 dismissal: setting the record straight.
September 22, 2005... Probably no event in Australia's political history has received as much coverage in the media and in the history books as has the dismissal of the Whitlam Government by the Governor-General, Sir John Kerr, on 11 November 1975. And certainly no...

Michael Crichton on "global warming".(State of Fear)(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... Occasionally I am asked to write book reviews (most recently, of Dr. Paul Strangio's biography of the late Dr. Jim Cairns, Keeper of the Faith). (1) Less frequently I may submit for publication an article reviewing some book which has caught my...

A review of the medical standards in abortion services and some resulting problems.
September 22, 2005... In the past, in most countries the medical profession was held (and rightly) in very high esteem. The majority of medical practitioners have always derived considerable personal satisfaction from the benefits they are able to achieve for their...

Goodbye to all that: Keith Windschuttle on white Australia.(The White Australia Policy )(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... It is not obvious why anyone would actively seek the title of "Australia's best living historian." The very phrase suggests some surreal Guinness Book of Records entry, on the lines of "wittiest man in Luxembourg" or "greatest rock group ever...

Australia's Dr. Jim Cairns and the Soviet K.G.B.(Obituary)
September 22, 2005... Australia's former Labor Deputy Prime Minister, the late Dr. James Ford (Jim) Cairns, was a high-ranking member of a communist front organisation, co-ordinated and financed by Moscow, and was a long-standing Soviet agent of influence. ...

The totalitarian effect of anti-free speech legislation.(LEGAL NOTES)(Editorial)
September 22, 2005... Of increasing concern has been the spreading tide of legislation that, on socio-political grounds, prevents freedom of expression and freedom of choice. It now appears, for example, that if a person wishes to engage a secretary, the person...

Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism.(Book Review)
September 22, 2005... TREASON: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism By Ann Coulter Crown Forum, New York, 2003 The subtitle to Treason--"Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism"--neatly summarises what this...

Kinsey: Let's Talk About Sex.(Movie Review)
September 22, 2005... KINSEY: LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX Reviewed by Bill Muehlenberg Hollywood is again seeking to defend the indefensible. The release of Kinsey: Let's Talk About Sex, is another indication how out of touch Hollywood is from mainstream culture....