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We are encouraged to rely more and more on government officials to do for us what we could equally well do for ourselves—and, maybe more importantly, not to do what might help us solve our own problems.
Sep 08 2024
10 mins
If we imagine a metric called the Pinocchio Scale, which measures the number of lies told by a politician as a percentage of his or her overall public statements, our current prime minister (for want of a better description), Airbus Albo, has moved well into uncharted territory.
Sep 06 2024
5 mins
The Slow Joe Must Go Show
June 27:
On Thursday night, shortly before the air and much else pulsed out of a bloodless Joe Biden, it seemed an even better idea than usual on a sticky summer night to amble around the corner, find a stool at the bar and see just how Donald Trump would go about provoking an irritable old man. This is in New York, the Upper West Side of Manhattan to be precise, where Quadrant Online’s mobile headquarters is taking a rest from the road for the next month or so, and Malachy’s bar has become, for the second time in more than 40 years, my local. A basket of fish and chips costs $15, the jukebox stays at background level so you can talk without going hoarse, and the bartender will shout you every third drink if he recognises a decent tipper. It is, as they say, ‘a neighbourhood joint’ and much appreciated for remaining its dark and narrow self while all about it has gentrified and been transformed.
Would anyone mind switching to the debate? It was not to be. The Yankees were being…
We are encouraged to rely more and more on government officials to do for us what we could equally well do for ourselves—and, maybe more importantly, not to do what might help us solve our own problems.
Sep 08 2024
10 mins
If we imagine a metric called the Pinocchio Scale, which measures the number of lies told by a politician as a percentage of his or her overall public statements, our current prime minister (for want of a better description), Airbus Albo, has moved well into uncharted territory.
Sep 06 2024
5 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.
Aug 29 2024
17 mins
