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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
A Rotting Apple Brings Out The Grubs
Australians are in for some surprises if we’re ever again allowed to travel. Certain places we’ve previously become almost as familiar with as our own cities will have changed massively during and after the coronavirus pandemic.
Then again, certain places don’t need a dose of Wuhan flu in order to undergo rapid and profound change. Even the largest cities, despite being weighed down by the inertia of enormous populations, can quickly alter their character.
New York City is a prime example. I first visited the great metropolis in 1990. Ominously, the very first New Yorker I met in New York—a friendly-seeming fellow at Grand Central Station—immediately tried to steal my luggage.
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But a few fake porters running the old let-me-help-you-with-your-luggage scam was the least of New York’s problems. That year was the worst-ever for murders in New York. More than 2600 people were killed in various shootings,…
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
