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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
Hugh Crago: ‘Old People Walk Slowly’
Old People Walk Slowly
Old people walk slowly. They shuffle,
Hobble, waddle, dodder.
Seeing their painful progress,
I speed up, assure myself
I’m not at that stage yet.
Old people tremble,
Mumble, fumble, stumble.
The rising sun dazzles them.
Anxious to get home, or catch the train,
They step off curbs as lights turn red,
And pull back, shaking. Humiliation
Lurks round every corner.
I can do it by myself, thanks.
Old people want to tell you
The things they want to tell you,
Not the things you want to hear.
How bad it was, how much it hurt,
How much they lost, how
You wouldn’t understand.
They might have much to show
If only you could reach
Them through their slow and painful
Speech, but you don’t really want to know
And they’re afraid to teach.
Hugh Crago
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
