As a general rule of thumb, the bigger and nastier the organisation, the better the PR machine. The biggest and nastiest (think Nazi Germany or Communist China) have PR machines that kick over into propaganda juggernauts. Why hello ANZ Bank! Along with the other big banks in Australia the ANZ has a PR machine to […]
When heaven comes crashing onto earth and the age-to-come begins in all its fulness there’s one of its qualities that I’m gagging for at the moment: kindness. Oh I know there’s talk about how it will be one great big worship service on that last day that begins the new days. And I know from […]
Hey watch out Christians! You know that Bill that was supposed to protect you from discrimination? Well here’s the latest: It’s actually going to enable people to discriminate against you! Don’t believe me? Then what about this?: Scary huh! But also – once again – fake news. Fake news worthy of The Donald! All it […]
Assuming that intentions translate directly into results, radicals tend to be unscrupulous optimists in that they operate on the premise that well-intentioned radical change, however destructive, can only lead to improvement. That quote caught my eye from a Quillette article by a former political radical, who outlined the mindset that is required to belong to […]
In my role at Third Space I write and speak on pretty much the same sorts of things I write and speak about here on stephenmcalpine.com Here are links to a couple of the latest. In the first I explore why the idea of societal collapse due to a virus (think zombies or coronavirus) has […]
So what would you say as a traditional Christian couple when (not if) the foster care agency asks your response to a foster child announcing they identified as LGBTQI? Leaving aside the vexing question of what age any child could make such a declaration meaningfully, this exact issue has led to a Western Australian couple […]
Do you know what the conservative religious people of Australia are waiting for? They are waiting for the government’s religious discrimination bill to pass Parliament so that they can rush down to their local child care centre and shout at single mums that God is going to judge them for their kids not having a […]
I woke up this morning to the news that Kobe Bryant had died. I told my daughter. “Oh my goodness!” exclaimed my indie-music loving, non sports-watching/playing 18 year old, “Did he really? How?”, before rushing off to tell her brother. My 12 year old skating, non-basketball playing son came in, still in pyjamas, but sleep […]
If you’re a Terrence Malick fan, then you’ve got to see his latest film, A Hidden Life. It’s terrific. If you are not a Malick fan, become one by going to see it. Mind you, at 2 hours 45 minutes its either empty your bladder or bring your catheter. I got to see it at […]
Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court. (Psalm 127) Well maybe not […]
