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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
John Thatcher: ‘Miss Wiles and Miss Lewis’
Miss Wiles and Miss Lewis
Powdered nose and over-rouged cheeks,
Kindness felt even before she speaks,
Loving, caring for the children of others,
Little sisters and little brothers.
A dedicated teacher for many years,
Cuddling the hurt, wiping the tears.
Life given in the service of others,
Trusted friend of so many mothers.
Dreams defeated; chances lost,
One more victim of war-time cost.
Life alone in a loveless space,
Turned to joy in a child’s face.
Selfless life: she asks no prize,
Satisfied only with the loving eyes
Of her charges’ smiling glances,
At art lessons and folksy dances.
We cry for young men
Never thinking of women.
Male lives that were lost
But women bore the cost.
John Thatcher
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
