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Used as cudgels in divorce actions, domestic violence orders all too often reward perjurers and ruin innocent lives
Sep 19 2024
36 mins
The vice-presidential candidate, like many former critics, came to accept Trump was ahead of the curve on economic nationalism
Sep 18 2024
17 mins
The punditocracy won't admit that, when it comes to Trump's sharp tongue, he's a novice compared to, say, Paul Keating
Sep 18 2024
4 mins
Henri Rousseau Meets Frank O’Hara
It’s a jungle out there, Frank.
I know, Henri. Was it you
who brought all this humid
weather over from Brooklyn?
There are tigers roaming Central
Park. Don’t go there at night without
a flashlight, a pitchfork and a net.
They say you left a naked girl
on a divan, smack in the middle
by that phallic obelisk, you brute.
Don’t worry about the girl, Frank,
the saucer-eyed lions look after her.
Say, how long is your lunch hour?
It’s fluid as a Dali dial, Henri. Museums
have their midday naps. Hell, all that
time they cram in between the entrances
and exits. Nobody’s clockwatching
in Antiquities. You fancy a papaya
and a jambalaya from Juliet’s Corner?
Papaya? Jungle juice sounds just up
my street. I’d like to do you in oils, Frank,
peeking through a bush on Seventh Avenue.
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
