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Apr92016

BOOK REVIEW Retrieving meaning

MUSIC CINEMA & BOOKS, UncategorizedApril 9, 2016

IN PRAISE OF PREJUDICE: The Necessity of Preconceived Ideas by Theodore Dalrymple (Encounter Books, Jackson, Tennessee) Hardcover: 129 pages ISBN: 9781594032028Price: AUD$40.00 Reviewed by Peter Madison Where have we got the notion that prejudice is an evil? Day in and day out we hear the word uttered as an accusation, especially in political discourse, and all of us dread that it could one day be aimed at us. There are some, however, who think this should not be. Theodore Dalrymple aims at saving the reputation of prejudice in his latest book, In Praise of Prejudice. In what…

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Apr92016

BOOK REVIEW Midget submarine op

MUSIC CINEMA & BOOKS, UncategorizedApril 9, 2016

THE SEA DEVILS: Operation Struggle and the Last Great Raid of World War Two by Mark Felton (Icon Books, London) Paperback: 290 pages ISBN: 9781848319943Price: AUD$27.99 Reviewed by Michael E. Daniel As a boy I was enthralled by the story of a group of commandoes who sneaked into Singapore Harbour in September of 1943, and successfully sank a number of Japanese ships, and a subsequent raid in 1944 that ended in disaster. The Sea Devils tells the story of a successful raid in July 1945, one of the last major covert operations of World War II. This raid…

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Apr92016

BOOK REVIEW A Jewish view of universal ethics

MUSIC CINEMA & BOOKS, UncategorizedApril 9, 2016

THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF UNIVERSAL ETHICS: The Noahide Laws by Shimon Dovid Cowen (The Institute for Judaism and Civilization Inc, Melbourne/NY) Hardcover: 388 pages ISBN: 9780826608437 Price: AUD$21.95 Reviewed by John Young The author, Rabbi Dr Shimon Cowen, is founder and director of the Institute for Judaism and Civilization in Melbourne. His late father, Sir Zelman Cowen OBM, was a governor-general of Australia. The aim of this book is to present a scheme of ethics derived from the Old Testament (particularly the Noahide laws) and applicable universally. These moral laws, for the most part, are also…

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LETTERS

POETRY LETTERS & HUMOURApril 9, 2016

Selective anti-violence Sir, Australia needs a more balanced path for its social policies. On the one hand, for instance, there is much emphasis on combating violence that adheres to a required political agenda. Yet, the violence associated with abortion and coercion of it are simply ignored. On the other side, in some schools that participate in the Safe Schools Coalition, categories of bullying such as height, weight, race or religion get a mention, but little attention is paid to them. Gender attitude is well down the list as a cause for bullying, but it is rammed down the throat of…

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