Why I Am a Christian

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Thursday, 21 September 2017

Pook-A-Noo: a Forgotten Childhood Classic

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     I was only a few months older than three at the time, so I don't remember a single thing about my Uncle Charles except my aunt sta...
Friday, 8 September 2017

The Book Was Right: Breasts Are Meant to be Sexy.

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     If you want to get your books sold, you have to be careful not to raise the ire of the social media mafia. Take poor old Alex Frith, th...
Friday, 11 August 2017

On the Scaffold or Battlefield

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[T]here is not one of our simple uncounted rights today for which better men than we are have not died on the scaffold or battlefield. [Win...
Sunday, 30 July 2017

German and English

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      Was ist das?  (What is that?)    Salz und Pfeffer.  (Salt and pepper.)      I had finally managed to persuade my wife to go to Europe...
Sunday, 11 June 2017

Robinson Crusoe's Anonymous Friends

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     They didn't go in for dramatic book titles in the old days. For example, if I had written a novel about a man who spent twenty-eigh...
Thursday, 18 May 2017

Muslims in Australia

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     It's not always pleasant to be proved right. I joined Toastmasters in 1990 to learn the art of public speaking, and my third speech...
Sunday, 2 April 2017

Myths About Muhammad 1. Moon God

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     I am always pleased that I did my readings on Islam in the 1970s. That meant that when the War on Terror began a quarter of a century l...
Saturday, 1 April 2017

Myths About Muhammad 2. Demon Possessed

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     Having read the biography of Muḥammad, I have to admit to a grudging respect. But how you assess him depends on your terms of reference...

Myths About Muhammad 3. Pedophile

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     You won't need to read much of anti-Islam polemics to find Muḥammad described as a pedophile. For 25 years he lived in a monogamous...

Myths About Muhammad 4. Violence

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     The Rev. Jerry Vine also claimed that Muḥammad was an inspirer of terrorism. Is this accurate? A lot will depend on how his modern foll...