January-February 2015 Volume LIX, No. 1-2
The soul of a nation
America’s Retreat from Responsibility
The Tortoise and the Elephant
The Battle for Modernity in Kurdistan
The Shirt of Nessus: The Rise and Fall of Western Counterinsurgency
Feminazis
Contents
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SIR: It is a mistake for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation […]January 1, 2015
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It comes as no surprise to hear those who have long bemoaned Pax Americana celebrating the superpower's shrinking presence on the world stage. There is grave cause of concern, certainly, but the real problem is Washington's neo-isolationist refusal to leadJanuary 1, 2015
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Is it productive or even possible to consider Michael Oakeshott’s project of merging conservatism and radicalism without taking into account the eccentric and sometimes radical details uncovered by biographer Robert Grant? Silence, censure or censorship is not enough when examining the achievement of a great thinker
January 1, 2015
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While far too soon to declare victory in the battle for the Middle East's Stalingrad, reports that ISIS finally has been driven from the ruins of Kobani should inspire imitation. Almost alone amongst those opposed to Islamist fundamentalism, the Kurds closed with the enemy and beat himJanuary 28, 2015
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While the West has abandoned its brand of post-9/11 counterinsurgency, our Islamist opponents continue to operate by the old rule book. As we now face the difficult task of crafting an alternative way of war against guerrillas and militia forces, history's lesson cannot be ignoredJanuary 21, 2015
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The high-sounding “right to choose”, derived from feminist ideology, hides the elementary fact that not all choices are reasonable, legitimate or morally valid. As we are seeing, the disregard for human life in the womb is the devaluation of human life outside itFebruary 15, 2015
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Judging by the recent record of the Aboriginal advocacy industry, the push for constitutional recognition -- the addition of a few feel-good words, we are told -- will be used by lobbies and courts to increase material transfer programs and create an increasing plethora of racial preferencesJanuary 26, 2015
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I say: take no thought of the harvest, But only […]
January 1, 2015
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We live in an age where becoming a public intellectual […]
January 1, 2015
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Through the 1960s Claudio Véliz had grown sceptical of the […]
January 1, 2015
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Every first-year law student knows the story of the snail in the ginger beer and how, against all odds, a new tort of negligence was created, defining the duty of care a provider owes the end user. Little known is the Queensland connection in that landmark of British jurisprudenceMarch 1, 2015
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It is one thing to observe that meanings change, and can even reverse over a couple of centuries, but quite another to encourage a current misuse, invariably based on ignorance. People paid to use words really should make the effort to set a good exampleFebruary 20, 2015
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Teddy Tahu Rhodes is unsteady on his feet. Centre stage, […]
January 1, 2015
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Of all the great names in English literature who have […]
January 1, 2015
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Shortly after Patrick White’s death an admirer published a compendium […]
January 1, 2015
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Jacques Maritain (1882–1973) introduced the Thomistic/Scholastic principles of art into […]
January 1, 2015
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Samuel Johnson stands today as one of the most commonly […]
January 1, 2015
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Half a century ago, in La Dolce Vita, Federico Fellini […]
January 1, 2015
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When I began film-going in the 1940s and 1950s Leslie […]
January 1, 2015
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The blast of public attention that followed the death of […]
January 1, 2015
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There was never a sound beside the wood but one […]
January 1, 2015
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Paul Klee’s Bauhaus studio resembled a magician’s workshop. Plato would […]
January 1, 2015
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A viewing of the impressive exhibition of Arthur Boyd’s works […]
January 1, 2015
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J by Howard Jacobson Jonathan Cape, 2014, 327 pages, $32.99 […]
January 1, 2015
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Mozart: A Life by Paul Johnson Penguin, 2014, 164 pages, […]
January 1, 2015
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Beasts of the City Pioneers shot their dinners and their […]
January 1, 2015
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Form with feeling Glass on the Chimney and Other Poems […]
January 1, 2015
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Eric Hobsbawm, a tribute British intellectual and Stalinist. Approved Hitler–Stalin […]
January 1, 2015
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Be careful what you quip We knew that it […]
January 1, 2015
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My Conscience is a Rooster … “before the cock crows […]
January 1, 2015
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Cash’s labels Stitching in Cash’s woven labels like I’m […]
January 1, 2015
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Haiku some peace of mind sounds to follow thru the […]
January 1, 2015
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Cemetery by the Sea Those in the know straddle splintering […]
January 1, 2015
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Chess Player Pawns are the soul of chess. —Philidor, […]
January 1, 2015
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Wolfgang Beltracchi 3 Wolfgang Beltracchi the forger Does paintings that […]
January 1, 2015
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Afternoon Nap for Vickii & Bruce Druery I felt […]
January 1, 2015
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Angry Penguin For Ern Malley, many of whose haunting lines […]
January 1, 2015
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Guzzling Through a Ghazal I don’t regret the time […]
January 1, 2015
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Yeats “Bred passion against the times, made wisdom strong.” —A.D. […]
January 1, 2015
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Modern Management No-one gets fired these days We are […]
January 1, 2015
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Point of View Genetically underprivileged Descendants of convicts and […]
January 1, 2015
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The Forgetting-Grass Enigma How did it work, the rush […]
January 1, 2015
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