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Every Conservative is Worse than Previous Conservatives
Australia and the world very nearly lost Tim Blair earlier this year, when he was airlifted to hospital after a most inconvenient heart attack. Under orders to take it easy, our Sweetness & Light columnist didn’t quibble with his doctors, and thus did Quadrant’s March edition go to press Blair-free. Fortunately, we had a still-paywalled column from November which we present today. — rf
It has come to my attention that you lot are not obeying the rules. This is most unfortunate, because our leftist superiors have taken a great deal of trouble to compose and codify these rules, and it simply won’t do to have various independent-minded free-thinkers ignoring or breaking them.
It is basic good manners to avoid upsetting our societal betters, who are—you will have noticed—somewhat sensitive to even mild criticism, much less outright defiance. Therefore, in the interest of general cultural harmony, the rules will be listed here so that we can all commit them to memory and…
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