Issue No 7 - Spring 2005

EDITORIAL
The threats posed by Islam; not only terrorism, but also to the secular state and to free speech.
Freedom of speech - our Universities  lead the way in restricting it. And so do magazines.
Our politically correct end-of-year card.

ISLAM
Terrorism And The Perception Of Islam.
A review of Islam world wide, honing in on Australia. Should we restrict Muslim immigration?
Islam And Multiculturalism.
A backlash against Multiculturalism in Western societies.
An Age Of Unreason.
Robert Rich calls for vigorous defence of the values of Western society and the secular state. Don’t try to appease fundamentalists.

Climate Change - Risk And Vulnerability
What about the adaptive strategy the report left out? And now the Government has embraced greenhouse theory, what is doing about it?

Academic Bulldust Versus Racial Realism
Professor Andrew Fraser tells how his views on racial differences were stifled by academic bulldust.

Unexpected Censorship - And Unexplained
Why was a series of articles terminated? Was a powerful lobby group playing the man and not the ball?

Equity In Sourcing Revenue.
More simply, equity in taxation. An overview of how taxation could be simplified and reformed. Henry George theory and land tax to the fore.
Some editotial comment on needed reforms.

Denial Of Justice
The debate about David Hicks should be on the processses of the law, not the merits of the case against him.

Spotlight On The Hill
Shines on Barnaby Joyce, Jon Stanhope (two serves), Best Party of Allah, visa and immgration problems, and stress in the Canberra populace.

BOOK REVIEWS
The Latham Diaries
A Canberra media insider looks at the media aspects.
The Life And Death Of Harold Holt
Alan Fitzgerald praises a book about a subject who had more style than substance.
Civil Passions
A balanced view of Austalian society.

Postscripts
Follow up from previous articles.

Letters To The Editor

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