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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
Why Trump Is Smiling
Until about midway through 2016 – when seemingly out of nowhere the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump burst onto the American political scene – my interest in and familiarity with US politics was cursory at best. The ensuing 18 months have changed that drastically. Now I must confess to something approaching an obsession with the tumultuous drama playing out in the Home of the Brave. I spend hours at a time time scouring American news portals, political blogs, journals and other publications for the latest developments in what is a life-and-death struggle between formidable foes. I do this not because I suddenly became an Americophile but because the significance of what is playing out there extends far beyond the shores of the US.
It is not just a matter of Democrats vs. Republicans, the left vs. the right, socialism vs. capitalism, the poor vs. the rich, or the “deplorables” vs. those enlightened progressives. Underlying it all-encompassing is the nub of 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
