January-February 2016 Volume 60, No. 1-2
The European Muddle and Other Matters
Haunted by Tony Abbott
Polly the Parrot
2015, the Year the War Began
Australia and the US: Intimate Strangers
Pope Francis and Peron’s Last Hurrah
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Sir: Several articles (O’Sullivan, Murray, and Martin-Jones) in the December […]January 1, 2016
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The natives within the Liberal Party remain restless. Some gripe, others resign, there is talk of defection. All are reactions that should have been factored into the political calculations of those who voted to oust Tony Abbott, that unsettling and perhaps vengeful ghostJanuary 5, 2016
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Wrapping her prose in arrogant conceits and an oracular omniscience, the prolix Miss Toynbee (left) can take up any topic beloved of the Left and produce, time after time, the standard-issue cliches and perspectives so beloved of Guardian readersJanuary 19, 2016
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If members of our diverse nation do not share an unqualified revulsion at Islamist crimes and outrages then we have nothing in common. The lights of Western society -- justice, equality, truth -- are being extinguished one by one. We may never see them lit again in our lifetimeJanuary 8, 2016
15 mins
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I do not know whether I have been more struck […]
January 1, 2016
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The catastrophic failure of Peronist populism was sealed at last by November’s presidential elections and the victory of conservative free-marketeer Mauricio Macri. In the Vatican, however, one can only wonder if the brilliantined dictator's direct and indirect influence lives onFebruary 21, 2016
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A fair skin should not disqualify a person from identifying as an Aborigine. It may cause the person to be subject to ridicule, but no sensible person will care -- unless, of course, the declaration is an attempt to claim unwarranted privilege. Just how different is "different"?January 30, 2016
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What might be called "transnational progressivism" is the ideology for an age once thought not to need one. President Obama, for example, was hailed as 'not a doctinaire liberal' and 'centrist and pragmatic'. The truth, as eight sorry years have shown, is very differentFebruary 27, 2016
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Nothing can be more certain than that the tribalisation of Australia will lead to a backlash, just as the bohemian revolution might have expected when its advocates and warriors made the elevation of "culture" above civilisation a key element of their plan to re-make societyFebruary 25, 2016
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Shortly before ISIS struck Paris in November killing 130 people, […]
January 1, 2016
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After the Second World War, the Americans and the British […]
January 1, 2016
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It was unheard-of for Soviet ambassadors to keep personal diaries […]
January 1, 2016
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British protectorate: Although Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii have Captain […]
January 1, 2016
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Newly-minted rights, such as the supposed right to matrimonial equality, are dreamed up and then asserted aggressively in popular debate. While these rights and their advocacy are certainly fashionable, they are nonetheless of questionable depthFebruary 4, 2016
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The recent victory of the Law and Justice Party in […]
January 1, 2016
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The Dismissal: In the Queen’s Name Paul Kelly & Troy […]
January 1, 2016
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Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume Two: Everything She Wants […]
January 1, 2016
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Harry Gelber’s review (December 2015) of the first volume of […]
January 1, 2016
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Economists George Akerlof and Robert Shiller are a pair of Nobel laureates, which should have warned me against wasting money on their silly and patronising book. To their chagrin, consumers are just too busy being human to embrace the dour and austere existence they seem to recommendFebruary 10, 2016
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How I Rescued My Brain: A Psychologist’s Remarkable Recovery from […]
January 1, 2016
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In this essay I hope to cover all the topics […]
January 1, 2016
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As the mourners stood in silence and the casket began […]
January 1, 2016
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Many people, even some otherwise kindly disposed to sport, don't "get" cricket, which is a great pity. The sport's gift to humanity is how well it trains the mind and body to pursue success and happiness. More than a mere entertainment, it conveys the greatness of the mind in actionFebruary 6, 2016
38 mins
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The conversion of main country highways into freeways means that […]
January 1, 2016
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21/11/13 When launch day draws near Praise the Solidarity of […]
January 1, 2016
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Ernest Hemingway was furious with the treatment of his novel […]
January 1, 2016
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From our archives: "My school had quite an influx of young teachers around that time, and my new young Form Five English teacher used George MacBeth’s anthology Poetry 1900 to 1965 only once or twice, and ignored George Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London completely. But those two books changed my life"August 14, 2024
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I take off my disguise and thus reveal The man […]
January 1, 2016
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An Ordinary Fellow “Where have you been, John?” One member […]
January 1, 2016
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Pig Killers (Stroud, 1890) A photographer squeezed a sovereign […]
January 1, 2016
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Hindu Blue In the beginning God said The colour green […]
January 1, 2016
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Twelve Don’ts for the Aged For Alan Bennett Don’t […]
January 1, 2016
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Grace Cossington Smith’s Interiors How she loved doors! Her […]
January 1, 2016
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During the First Gaza War Köln, July 30, 2006 […]
January 1, 2016
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Kimberley II The landscape Is a pattern of rivers, And […]
January 1, 2016
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