Rod Lampard
Rod Lampard, his wife Jonda, and their five kids are homeschooling veterans. Rod spent 12 years in management at Koorong, has a Bachelor’s Degree in Ministry & Theology, and is an independent journalist and writer for the theological, politically edgy news site Caldron Pool. Rod also writes for The Spectator. Find his personal blog here.
Articles by Rod Lampard:
15 December 2022
3.5 MINS
Detroit’s school board has cancelled acclaimed neurosurgeon Dr Ben Carson, based upon claims "his name on a school was synonymous with having Trump in blackface." Riding on former board member and career Democrat Lamar Lemmons’ 2018 remarks, the board voted to change Benjamin Carson High [...]
13 December 2022
3 MINS
Dissenters opposing Iran’s hardline hijab mandate face having their bank accounts frozen, prison, or worse, if they fail to comply with what is being framed as a public health order. The 1979 Islamic dress code, which has been a catalyst for massive pro-civil liberty demonstrations [...]
9 December 2022
3.4 MINS
Asia Bibi, now living in Canada after being acquitted of a wrongful blasphemy charge in 2019, is speaking out against Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. Calling them a “great injustice,” the ex-pat Pakistani Christian pointed out the lack of proof and “long sentences” imposed on those accused. [...]
2 December 2022
3.1 MINS
Veteran suicide is a terrible and preventable phenomenon. Our armed forces deserve better care after laying their lives on the line to defend our country. In 1890, Rudyard Kipling immortalised the forgotten soldier with the words, ‘The widow’s uniform is not the soldier-man’s disgrace.’ Kipling [...]
25 November 2022
2.9 MINS
Bestselling Christian novelist Stephen Lawhead's Roman retelling of King Arthur is being prepped for the big screen. Daily Wire CEO Jeremy Boreing announced a multi-film adaption of the six-book series, The Pendragon Cycle, during what is the conservative media company’s equivalent of a state of [...]
18 November 2022
8.3 MINS
According to the Oxford Dictionary, a Social Justice Warrior is ‘a person who expresses or promotes socially progressive views.’ The online Urban Dictionary offers a more substantial explanation: “A pejorative term for an individual who repeatedly and vehemently engages in arguments on social justice on the Internet, often [...]
11 November 2022
3 MINS
In 1976, American psychiatrist Karl Menninger gave an unintentional treatise on how concealed sin is killing the West. He declared, ‘We have lost our sense of history.’ With it, the West has lost any ‘sense of morality’, sin, responsibility, identity, and moral integrity. Sensing Truth [...]
4 November 2022
4.5 MINS
A more honest headline for The Atlantic’s recent demand for amnesty over the pandemic response would have been: “Sorry, Not Sorry.” The sarcasm best represents the article’s smug sentiment. Author and economics professor Emily Oster inferred that we should just sweep the rubber bullets, totalitarianism, [...]
28 October 2022
3.1 MINS
According to marriage advice from an exorcist, who caught the attention of premium Catholic News site Aleteia, marriages are paralysed by a waning prayer life, pride, and porn. Milan priest Fr Ambrogio Villa gave a rundown on how he came to discover what he categorised [...]
21 October 2022
2.7 MINS
In the long list of 20th-century books still relevant today, Carl F.H. Henry’s Twilight of a Great Civilisation fits well in the “I told you so” category. Published in 1988, Henry’s 182-page foresight about the West’s drift toward neo-paganism joins the work with other late [...]
14 October 2022
2.4 MINS
Tulsi Gabbard has scorched the Democrat Party, declaring the party to be “under the complete control of an elitist cabal.” The 2020 presidential candidate announced the surprise exit during the first episode of her new podcast, The Tulsi Gabbard Show. Gabbard’s departure ends a 20-year [...]
7 October 2022
3 MINS
If mothers and children are to be properly supported, educators and employers must recognise the vital role of fathers as caregivers too. “Schools and companies need to understand that dads can be parents too." An article recently published by Employee Benefit News rightly argued that [...]
4 October 2022
3.9 MINS
The overbearing weight of being governed by a government that has confused the Creator with the creature is inevitably unjust, corrupt, and self-destructive. Marx founded a poisonous ideology. One thing we’re big on in theology is literary criticism. The scientific process of taking a statement [...]
30 September 2022
3 MINS
The elderly Right to Life volunteer received a ‘gunshot wound to the back/shoulder while leaving a residence during a heated conversation.’ Lila Rose, founder of Live Action, is demanding justice for a broad range of attacks against pro-life volunteers, after an 84-year-old Right to Life [...]
23 September 2022
3.6 MINS
While Democrats label Republicans as "domestic terrorists" for supporting Trump and claim that non-politically correct statements amount to violence, they turn a blind eye to actual violent terrorism by pro-choice group Jane's Revenge firebombing pregnancy crisis centres. The Left’s domestic terrorism double standard is another [...]
16 September 2022
3.4 MINS
Just like those who incited genocide in Rwanda, woke Democrats are employing extreme rhetoric to demonise their political opponents, stirring up the flames of fear and hatred. Will we see violence like the riots which followed the election of President Trump? At closer inspection, what’s [...]
9 September 2022
3.5 MINS
Hostile Territory, the latest offering from actor, director, and writer Brian Presley, has all the right dads-for-kids ingredients. Set in Missouri in the mid-1860s, the 2022 film is an award-worthy western with a crisp contemporary edge. The well-thought-out script follows battle-hardened Union army Captain Jack [...]
6 September 2022
1.6 MINS
Society’s phobia of homeschooling is largely manufactured. Socialisation is a myth. What the prevailing version of it looks like is something akin to the blind leading the blind. Kids were never designed to raise other kids. It’s the vocation of parents to nurture kids into [...]
2 September 2022
3.3 MINS
The objective truth of Divine Revelation steers us away from the dangers of postmodern relativism. The late great Sir Roger Scruton once advised that if a person "tells you there are no truths, or that all truth is ‘merely relative’, they are asking you not [...]
26 August 2022
2.6 MINS
The WA premier's attitude in restricting fishing of certain species parallels his pandemic policies. There was no community consultation with experienced interest groups, and the "science" used to justify the ban is flawed. Western Australian Labor premier Mark McGowan is mandating a 7-year lockout on [...]





