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We are encouraged to rely more and more on government officials to do for us what we could equally well do for ourselves—and, maybe more importantly, not to do what might help us solve our own problems.
Sep 08 2024
10 mins
If we imagine a metric called the Pinocchio Scale, which measures the number of lies told by a politician as a percentage of his or her overall public statements, our current prime minister (for want of a better description), Airbus Albo, has moved well into uncharted territory.
Sep 06 2024
5 mins
The War on Christians
Raymond Ibrahim is always very insightful on the worldwide maltreatment of Christians, as evidenced by his excellent book Crucified Again. This year, come Christmas, he has provided us with an article about the war against Christians in the de facto Islamic Republic of Palestine. Again, we cannot, for ideological reasons, count on our modern-day progressive to be sympathetic.
Much is said about the persecution of Uighurs, Falun Gong, ad infinitum in the People’s Republic of China, but also spare a thought for the Christians in Communist China. I have found AsiaNews.it to be extremely informative on the subject. Yesterday, for instance, I discovered a “war on Christmas” is underway in the PRC, with children being prohibited from attending Mass. We cannot, for ideological and sundry reasons, expect Kevin Rudd or Paul Keating to be sympathetic.
Third World countries, or should we say countries that are developing, are often hostile environments for Christians. The Open Doors…
Madam: Archbishop Fisher (July-August 2024) does not resist the attacks on his church by the political, social or scientific atheists and those who insist on not being told what to do.
Aug 29 2024
6 mins
To claim Aborigines have the world's oldest continuous culture is to misunderstand the meaning of culture, which continuously changes over time and location. For a culture not to change over time would be a reproach and certainly not a cause for celebration, for it would indicate that there had been no capacity to adapt. Clearly this has not been the case
Aug 20 2024
23 mins
A friend and longtime supporter of Quadrant, Clive James sent us a poem in 2010, which we published in our December issue. Like the Taronga Park Aquarium he recalls in its 'mocked-up sandstone cave' it's not to be forgotten
Aug 16 2024
2 mins
