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Our new G-G let slip an avalanche of heartfelt concern that recast our 236 years of indifference and guilt
Sep 17 2024
8 mins
The lust for power can be as great or greater driver of human effort as the good and humane
Sep 16 2024
11 mins
Awaiting the Birth
Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them;
and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
John 20:23
Advent, what does it mean? It means get ready.
Take a tot of rum if you must, to steady
hand and voice before you go to the altar,
leading the ass you are by its greasy halter.
Advent, what does it mean? It means Isaiah,
it means witnessing (you are the pariah),
it means cleansing your soul before the coming
of Jesus, well before the fifes and drumming.
It means searching your conscience, means confession
to one ordained by God, a painful session.
Go turn your heels on every worldly system
and take a long walk through the Book of Wisdom.
Tim Murphy
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
