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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
Peter Jeffrey: If Life Were a Sonnet
If Life Were a Sonnet
If Life were a sonnet I’d be in the final couplet,
Or it were a labour ward, I’d be the last octuplet.
If it were an eightsome reel I’d be the final figure
And if it is a rifle they’re about to pull the trigger.
If Life is a symphony I’m entering the coda
And if it is a drugstore I am finishing my soda.
If Life’s a highway then I’m on the exit ramp
And if it is an envelope they’re putting on the stamp.
If Life is a public bar, we’re on our final drinks
And if it’s just a sleep, the 35th of 40 winks.
If Life’s an octave, then I am singing ti
And if it is a lockup they are putting in the key.
But consider; any one of us could go at any minute,
So let’s carry on regardless and live the life infinite.
Peter Jeffrey
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
