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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
Joe Dolce: Three Poems
The Daughter That Still Loves Me
One out of two isn’t bad.
I haven’t spoken to her brother for thirty years.
She and I don’t see each other that often—on all
the major family-love days: birthdays, Christmas,
Father’s Day. (Sometimes
she forgets, but,
under the circumstances, that’s OK—the split
with her mother was ugly.)
But I think she has forgiven me
for abandoning her, or however kids
view separation, when one parent has to go.
My daughter loves me and I love her.
We never got divorced.
Joe Dolce
Noh Means Noh
Coffee is a girl who never tells a boy Noh.
Never take Noh for an answer.
Sometimes Noh is the kindest word.
There’s Noh place like home.
Noh pain, Noh gain.
Noh harm, Noh foul.
Noh way, José.
Where there is Noh vision, the people perish.
See Noh evil, hear Noh evil, speak Noh evil.
Noh Vacancy.
Noh Standing.
Noh child left behind.
Noh worries.
Noh man’s land.
Noh annual fee.
The Pub With Noh Beer.
Initially … Noh.
Noh BS.
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
