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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
Knute Skinner: ‘On Being Ninety’
On Being Ninety
The clown is quieter now,
but somewhere in the back of my closet
is a large red nose.
I try to keep on the move,
but at times I find my feet
on separate paths.
I like to think that my heart
is as big as ever—
even when it doesn’t keep time.
If I had a chance to do all of it
over again,
who would I be?
So what if I’m not quite ninety.
Don’t they say it’s a virtue
to look to the future?
Perhaps the first ninety years
will turn out to be
only a good beginning.
Knute Skinner
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
