Cardinal Pell was released on 7 April, during Holy Week, after 405 days of wrongful imprisonment. However, he is still not out of the woods. The 79-year-old Prefect Emeritus of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy must contend with hefty legal bills. To assist him with meeting these steep expenses, San Francisco-based publisher Ignatius Press…
by Symeon J. Thompson There’s an old military adage repeated in different forms – “amateurs talk about tactics, while professionals study logistics”. This gets to the real heart of the matter when it comes to war. If you cannot ensure your people are supplied, then there’s only so long they can last, no matter how…
by Doug Brown The final report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was published in April 1991. The royal commission was established in October 1987 and conducted exhaustive inquiries into 99 deaths of Aborigines that occurred in police and prison custody from January 1, 1980, to May 31, 1989. The commission wrote…
by Jeffry Babb Germany had been the dominant power in Europe since the Franco-German War (1870-1871). The French were defeated despite the confident assertion of superiority in weapons and manpower. The war was a blow to French pride from which it never really recovered. The Germans had well-defined strategic aims, which they achieved. This was…
