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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
Rowena Wiseman: ‘Touch’
Touch
They’ve been doing this for 22 years on a Tuesday,
since her husband died.
They don’t talk much.
His hands are firm, but careful.
She arches her back, dips her head back further.
She keeps her eyes closed.
He massages his fingertips through her hair
and treats her like she’s someone special.
She likes it when his fingers touch behind her ears.
When he finishes rinsing her hair,
he massages her temples for a minute or two.
Today it makes her sad,
because she remembers a time when a man used to touch her
without having to pay for a blow wave.
She misses her husband,
even though he was a pain in the ass half the time.
Her great grandson held her hand yesterday for almost two minutes.
He’s only three, but he’s a very busy boy.
Rowena Wiseman
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
