December 2011 Volume LV, No. 12
December 25 and Our Place in the Cosmos
Room for Fetishes
Ancient Origins of the Anglosphere
What Poetry Is Really About
Helping to Destroy the Family
Fit and Proper
Contents
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When our Christian ancestors migrated to the southern hemisphere, they faced the problem of inverted seasons — and did nothing about it! That’s why we sing “Jingle Bells” and “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas” in the middle of the Australian summerDecember 24, 2017
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Redmond O’Hanlon and Rudi Rotthier, The Fetish Room: The Education […]December 1, 2011
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Robin Fleming, Britain after Rome: The Fall and Rise, 490 […]
December 1, 2011
10 mins
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Andrew Lansdown, Allsorts: Poetry Tricks and Treats (Wombat Books, 2011), […]
December 1, 2011
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I read Peter Ryan’s column, “Family Services”, in the November […]
December 1, 2011
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“Follow the Ombudsman on Twitter”, chirps the website of the […]
December 1, 2011
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for Anne have been holding their breath since you brought […]
December 1, 2011
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“GOD-SATAN DIALOGUE GOES AHEAD!” —Metaphysical Times “Frank and friendly discussions […]
December 1, 2011
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“Have you anything to declare?” they always ask, And while, […]
December 1, 2011
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Outside, we know there is traffic, we have come from […]
December 1, 2011
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(for my brother, Greg) I haven’t been to the Holy […]
December 1, 2011
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Time Keeping In A Parallel Universe Our ancestors had no […]
December 1, 2011
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1. Wristband This wristband is like my watch, binding me […]
December 1, 2011
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Two streets up from here my father is asleep, I […]
December 1, 2011
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It is night on the lake, the rowboat trundles, the […]
December 1, 2011
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Outside, the brackish dark was stiff with Yanks, overhorny and […]
December 1, 2011
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1 Smear Surprisingly bright, the red smear on the herring’s […]
December 1, 2011
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you want to cut this roadside slope with wild grass […]
December 1, 2011
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Part I of this article is here… First among equals […]
December 1, 2011
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In March 1959 I joined the Communist Party of Australia […]
December 1, 2011
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The popular success of the Queen’s visit last month, combined […]
December 1, 2011
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A debate focused exclusively on the refugee issue assists both […]
December 1, 2011
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George Handley Knibbs And The Population Problem This year […]
December 1, 2011
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Schadenfreude is a bitter vintage, one I’ve never enjoyed. The […]
December 1, 2011
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The customary bookends of human existence are the golden age […]
December 1, 2011
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This is an edited version of a talk given at […]
December 1, 2011
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Thomas Keneally—best known as the author of Schindler’s Ark (1982), […]
December 1, 2011
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According to Winston Churchill: “The scholars who produced this masterpiece […]
December 1, 2011
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Australians are being forced to live unnatural lives, forced to […]
December 1, 2011
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Sex and Politics in Australian History In 1902 the Commonwealth […]
December 1, 2011
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Disembarking from the SS Bendigo in Colombo on April 4, […]
December 1, 2011
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Our God-Given Rights SIR: Peter Barclay (November 2011) highlights accurately […]
December 1, 2011
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Liberalism, or liberal-conservatism, in its classical British sense, is both […]
December 1, 2011
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It is rare that a politician refers to education without […]
December 1, 2011
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Moral anthropology at a crossroads In his article “Relativism and […]
December 1, 2011
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It’s the unbreakable musical. Last time out of its box […]
December 1, 2011
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“My advice is free, excellent, unsought after but given without […]
December 1, 2011
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Woody Allen’s films often appeal to the worst instincts of […]
December 1, 2011
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Twenty years ago, in the middle of Europe, a beautiful […]
December 1, 2011
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When I was a child, before my family emigrated to […]
December 1, 2011
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The world of visual art has its contradictions, and one […]
December 1, 2011
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Today I sleep. Curled, shaggy fur nestles my eyes, I […]
December 1, 2011
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