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The man behind X has been obliged to bow before a censorship regime we may soon see in Australia
Oct 10 2024
11 mins
To plumb the depths of our cultural crisis, we must examine our institutions, especially universities.
Oct 10 2024
11 mins
A chant you won't hear: 'What do we want? Nuclear! How much? Lots! When? Now!'
Oct 07 2024
4 mins
The New Carthage?
SIR: I enjoyed Dr Bendle’s absorbing commentary (May 2008) which well illustrates the enduring fascination of the Roman empire’s rise and demise. The apparent contention of Cullen Murphy’s The New Rome? that US military power is increasingly reliant on mercenaries seems dubious.
Nonetheless, were this point conceded it would actually further suggest that the USA—given the whiff of plutocracy in its political culture and the salience of commercial imperatives in its national life—is more Carthage than Rome. The “New Romers” have seized on the wrong parallel.
The US does not “make a desolation and call it peace”. Washington does, however, have in OBL a kind of outlaw would-be Cato the Elder; legionless, but darkly whispering “Carthage must be destroyed”.
J. Ward,
Belconnen, ACT.
Many will disagree, but World War III is too great a risk to run by involving ourselves in a distant border conflict
Sep 25 2024
5 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
