Blasphemy in Morocco

8 May 2013 | If you renounce your faith in Morocco, watch out! John Turnbull tells the story of Imad Iddine ...  

Easter and organised religion

31 Mar 2013 | As the world celebrates Easter, it is important to consider the role of organised religion and its ...  

Tony Abbott: A question of character

28 Mar 2013 | Tony Abbott should come clean about what he knew about the homosexual rapes that occurred at the ...  

Islamophobia overshadows bipartisan multiculturalism inquiry

27 Mar 2013 | A small but vocal group of bigots can congratulate themselves for successfully hijacking a much ...  

Habemus Papam

14 Mar 2013 | Tess Lawrence applauds the fact the new pope is not Cardinal Pell, but says there are aspects of ...  

Henderson, the Zygier Affair and the SMH

7 Mar 2013 | Gerard Henderson's pro-Israel Sydney Morning Herald piece on the Zygier affair is less than gold ...  

Cory Bernardi's Coalition Wildersbeast

22 Feb 2013 | Will all the Coalition politicians who support the racist ideology of Dutch fanatic Geert Wilders ...  

Prisoner X and the God that failed

16 Feb 2013 | Will there be any lessons learnt after the murky and suspicious death of Australian Mossad agent ...  

Oratio Dominica Novus

14 Feb 2013 | THE SHOCK 'resignation' of Pope Benedict XVI and feverish speculation about possible successors to ...  

Ratsinger's resignation spells the end for the Mad Monk

12 Feb 2013 | The Pope resigning hurts immeasurably his Church, says Bob Ellis, and imperils Abbott, Pyne ...  

The Motorcycle Song of Aceh

5 Jan 2013 | A city in Indonesia is planning to ban women from straddling motorbikes behind male drivers. ...  

The Hasbara cover for Israel’s crimes

24 Nov 2012 | According to the ubiquitous Hasbara Brigade, if you criticise Israel, you’re an anti-Semite ...  

iConfession

22 Nov 2012 |   By Laura Dowds.  

The Royal Correctorate into child abuse

20 Nov 2012 | It has overwhelming public popularity, but Frank O’Shea asks whether a Royal Commission into ...  

The hide of the Church

20 Nov 2012 | Matt Bissett-Johnson's animated take on the Catholic Church child abuse controversy. This ...  

Cardinal Pell and the sacrosanct confessional

14 Nov 2012 | Yesterday, by declaring the confessional inviolate, Cardinal George Pell continued the Catholic ...  

Resign Cardinal Pell

12 Nov 2012 | Contributing editor-at-large Tess Lawrence calls for the immediate resignation of Cardinal George ...  

Being consistent with God

22 Oct 2012 | Conservative Australian politicians who have begun citing Judeo-Christian ‘values’ are simply ...