influencing public opinion Fashion mags fail to empowerAshley Crouch | 03 May 2013 |tags: fashion, fashion magazines, misogyny, sexismHighly eroticised glossy women's magazines are dragging girls back to the bad old days of misogynist stereotypes.  Breathtaking conformityBrendan O'Neill | 12 April 2013 |tags: cultural elites, public opinion, same-sex marriageAnyone who values diversity of thought and tolerance of dissent should find the sweeping consensus on gay marriage terrifying.  Jimmy Savile and the BBC: the making of a cultural iconLis Howell | 04 January 2013 |tags: BBC, Jimmy Savile scandal, sexual revolutionThe Savile story is not just about the ghastly flaws of a celebrity. It is about how Britain's toffy public broadcaster has itself been seduced by the sexual revolution.  Leveson is all about politicsIvor Gaber | 04 December 2012 |tags: British press, David Cameron, Leveson InquiryForget the arguments about the finer points of media regulation. This is all about old-fashioned hard-ball politics.  The cycle of fallen heroesZac Alstin | 06 November 2012 |tags: heroes, Lance ArmstrongLike Hercules, Lance Armstrong was a hero, and like the Greek demi-god, he lacked important virtues.  Discovering the value of homeCarolyn Moynihan | 05 November 2012 |tags: home, Home Renaissance Foundation, public policyA conference next week may hold the key to the recovery of Europe in the longer term.  The audacity of poseAlma Acevedo | 31 October 2012 |tags: Barack Obama, election 2012, rhetoricSoaring words are for the birds. You campaign with poetry, but you govern with prose.  The mixed legacy of Helen Gurley BrownCarolyn Moynihan | 17 August 2012 |tags: marriage, media criticism, sexual revolutionThe Cosmopolitan editor’s sexual agenda has been a spectacular failure for women. What a shame it obscured some rather good advice.  What’s Behind the HHS Mandate?Gerard V. Bradley | 28 June 2012 |tags: healthcare mandate, religious liberty, Supreme CourtThe US Supreme Court is due to hand down its ruling on President Obama's healthcare law today. What is at stake for religious liberty?  You can tell it’s an election year when…Denyse O'Leary | 17 May 2012 |tags: 2012 elections, psychologySome psychology researchers are demonizing or marginalizing voters with opposing views and calling it “science.”  Free speech no fait accompliAlex Perrottet | 03 May 2012 |tags: freedom of speech, mediaOn World Press Freedom Day, it’s not just Fiji that needs to pull up its socks.  Time to quit the New York Times?Carolyn Moynihan | 16 March 2012 |tags: birth control, Catholic Church, New York TimesA full-page ad of vitriolic tone has become a moment of truth.  A bad case of charity envyAlex Perrottet | 16 March 2012 |tags: Africa, idealism, Kony 2012Why sneer at a campaign which has harnessed the good will of so many young people?  An elephant in the press roomTracey S. O'Donnell | 16 December 2011 |tags: abortion-mental health link, media neglectWhy did leading media fail to point out the real news in a report on abortion and mental health?  Gleeful subversionDavid Quinn | 23 November 2011 |tags: sexual behaviour, teenagers, televisionThe view of teen sex in the popular American TV show is painfully unrealistic.  Which part of “totally transparent” don’t you understand?Donna Laframboise | 15 November 2011 |tags: climate change, IPCCThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is cited as the world authority on climate change. But, amazingly, many of the authors of its definitive report are mere graduate students.  And yet, it movesGeorge Pell | 01 November 2011 |tags: climate change, consensusA Catholic prelate finds himself in the party of Galileo and against the consensus of true believers on climate change.  Nobel Prizes mean more for media than for sciencePeter C. Doherty | 04 October 2011 |tags: media frenzy, Nobel Prize, scienceOnce again, it's Nobel Prize season. An Australian laureate remembers the day the phone rang.  Heroes and hackersDavid Alton | 28 September 2011 |tags: heroes, media, truthThe phone-hacking scandal obscures the heroism journalists can display in pursuit of the truth.  A naturally conservative nationThomas C. Reeves | 26 August 2011 |tags: conservatism, liberalism, secularismIn a recent Gallup poll, only 21 per cent of Americans called themselves liberals.  Madrid, capital of youthCarolyn Moynihan | 19 August 2011 |tags: Spain, World Youth DayDon’t tell the BBC, but there’s over a million young Catholics in Madrid right now having a good time with the Pope.  Baby shock! Celebrity couple snub population policeColleen Carroll Campbell | 15 August 2011 |tags: birth dearth, celebrities, population agingAre David and Victoria Beckham bad role models for bringing a fourth child into the world? Page 1 of 1 : subscribe donate
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