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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
Endorsing the Slut-Industrial Complex
One of my sons was coaching a year junior sports team recently when, during one of the rest breaks, they all broke into the song and the dance moves of Cardi-B’s WAP. If you’re not into rap, here are the lyrics before we go any further. Now let this all sink in: these are children between the ages of eight and ten revelling in and repeating lyrics that Melinda Tankard Reist correctly observes are high production porn with a hip-hop beat.
Some will defend it simply on the basis that success alone justifies itself. At nearly 65-million views on YouTube in less than two-months, the song is a social-media marketing phenomenon. Maybe that’s why Joe Biden decided that his only sit-down interview to date should be with Cardi-B (although, given Joe’s mental state, it may well be that he thought his interlocutor was Oprah. Who knows? Certainly not Joe.) In case you missed it take a look at Candace Owen’s epic take down of the singer’s vacuous questions when speaking to Ben…
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
