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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
The Cliche Eaters
I
Good things come to those who wait
on rich tables, wrapping leftovers
in crumpled napkins,
lapping up spilt milk,
and biting the hand that tips
water into the wine.
II
She takes the prize. The prize
is a cake and she takes it.
No meek bread-eater she,
having her cake
and eating it too. Right there,
in front of the hungry.
III
Justice is best served as a dessert
and so he eats his just deserts
straight out of the frying pan,
scarcely noticing his scorching lips
and tongue, already savouring
another dish, best served cold.
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
