When the moral imperative to pay taxes for the common good becomes socialism
Written by Dr John FlemingCatholic social doctrine is as old as Pope Leo XIII, and continues to exercise the minds of Catholics everywhere. Pope Francis, as ever, has something to say, and, as always, it has the potential to ruffle feathers and push the boundaries of what Catholics have traditionally believed. What do we make of his recent intervention on taxation and wealth distribution?
Learning History 101 (Or, the Education of Ms Claire Lehmann)
Written by Paul CollitsThe Covid Class gets furious when freedom fighters like George Christensen and others with spine and morals compare Covid totalitarianism with Nazi Germany and similar "papers please" regimes. One recent example of the vitriol in print occurred in The Australian. The journalist involved displayed all the typical attributes of someone without a leg to stand on.
In two years of Covid scams, surely the Omicron variant takes the cake. Watch for the Covid class to double down on hysteria, panic and punishment, with boosters on top of boosters, against a viral enemy that now appears impotent.
There have been a number of strategies to make everyone get the Covid jab. Some offer carrots, others use sticks. The othering of the unvaccinated has taken many forms, too, some of them nasty, others clueless. Our low information professors are now entering the fray, much to their shame.
The Australian corporate media have been an arm of Government Covid propaganda these past eighteen months. The Murdoch press has been at the forefront. One of its prominent journalists has been the pointy end of the propaganda spear. His name is Peter Hoysted. He even gives himself a pseudonym. He talks rubbish.
While it is difficult to know exactly what is going on in the Northern Territory, there is enough news emerging about which to be very worried. With yet another mini-me dictator at the helm intent on pushing people around, absent any knid of serious crisis. This article was written mainly for a British readership.
Time for the Monkey Wrench in the Wheel: Strategies for the Covid Resistance
Written by Paul CollitsMany have written about the causes and consequences of the Covid tyranny, the "pandemia". But we also need strategies for legitimate dissidence by the Covid sceptics and also for the Covid true believers who might, just might, be feeling a little queasy about the current direction of travel of the Covid State.