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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
Ode to barbarism
Jew baiting is a terrific pastime that has been attracting enthusiastic followers for well over 3000 years.
The buffoons who disrupted the 75th Anniversary celebration of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra in the Proms concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London last week were following a tradition that probably started in the Nineteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt—or thereabouts.
The worst aspect of the wrecking of the concert, which was being broadcast by the BBC, was that the majority of the 30 disrupting protestors were professional musicians. The protest/demonstration was more than likely organised under the banner of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign, a Leftist onslaught against Israel.
This was the campaign that was embraced by Sydney’s Marrickville Council, last year, during the Federal election. It saw the defeat of the Greens’ candidates, and the Marrickville Council eventually reversing its anti-Israel boycott.
There is a certain ugliness surrounding the…
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
