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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
Marilyn Peck: ‘The Solicitor’ and ‘nineteen forties’
haiku: nineteen forties
blue orchids and their girls
are slow dancing in wartime
moonlight serenades
our boys fly spitfires
to save Britain from the Bosch
at home mothers pray
when the boys come home
spotlights show slow jazz dancing
ragtime slow-drag blues
Marilyn Peck
Haiku: The Solicitor
the solicitor
told me to bury the bone
of contention
don’t tell anyone
the nitty gritty skirting
around the full truth
anyone can have
complaints about smoky air
but who lit the fire
Marilyn Peck
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
