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The Republican presidential contender is an acquired taste. Given the alternative, it's a taste persnickety conservatives should make the effort to acquire
Sep 09 2024
4 mins
The proportions of Aboriginal children and young people placed in a relative or kin placement or with an Aboriginal foster carer have decreased, and the proportion of Aboriginal children who were reunified with their families has declined.
Sep 09 2024
17 mins
Abortion: Black, White and Grey All Over
Justice Clarence Thomas of the US Supreme Court opined the other day that the Court should not be bound by erroneous precedent. Democrats suspect that he has overturning the decision in Roe vs. Wade in his sights; as they similarly suspect all originalist justices. I am not sure how lively the abortion debate is around the world but it is certainly much lively in the United States than it is in Australia, where the right to end life near the end of life occupies more newsprint.
The politics of abortion in the US tends to be binary. You are either pro-life or pro-choice. There is little in-between.
I have always had difficulty in coming to a conclusion on abortion – at least of the adamant kind that numbers of people seem to find easy to embrace. Of course, I belong to the tribe (politically conservative and Christian) which has the predominant number of those in the pro-life camp. Nevertheless, I am conflicted.
This is from an archived BBC ethics guide covering the arguments…
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
