Quadrant, Near Broadway, Sydney (2024)

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09/10/2017

If your ancestors, dear reader, were Europeans of any sort, know that they threw us out of their countries, or stood aside while we were persecuted, evicted and murdered. So emulate us and get a life! As individuals we have not spent 3,500 years wallowing in self-pity. We get on with it and so should you.

If your ancestors, dear reader, were Europeans of any sort, know that they threw us out of their countries, or stood aside while we were persecuted, evicted and murdered. So emulate us and get a life! As individuals we have not spent 3,500 years wallowing in self-pity. We get on with it and so shoul...

09/10/2017

Recently we were told the general beastliness of intolerant heterosexuals would prompt 3000 additional suicides -- a ridiculous figure presented with no known relationship to truth or reasonable expectation. Yet such is standard operating procedure on the Left, with the ABC as always to the fore.

Recently we were told the general beastliness of intolerant heterosexuals would prompt 3000 additional suicides -- a ridiculous figure presented with no known relationship to truth or reasonable expectation. Yet such is standard operating procedure on the Left, with the ABC as always to the fore

06/10/2017

The layperson need not understand art to know what he or she likes, but the arbiters of aesthetic excellence at Sydney University have very definite ideas -- old junk from the nearest landfill in the case of a young artist honoured with a prize instituted by a woman whose grandpa could actually draw.

The layperson need not understand art to know what he or she likes, but the arbiters of aesthetic excellence at Sydney University have very definite ideas -- old junk from the nearest landfill in the case of a young artist honoured with a prize instituted by a woman whose grandpa could actually draw

06/10/2017

The transmutation of Australia into a kaleidoscope of diasporic communities -- most with shallow roots in this land and little connection to each other -- represents a social experiment on a colossal scale. To mention this transformation, however, is to incite cries of 'xenophobe' and 'racist'.

The transmutation of Australia into a kaleidoscope of diasporic communities -- most with shallow roots in this land and little connection to each other -- represents a social experiment on a colossal scale. To mention this transformation, however, is to incite cries of 'xenophobe' and 'racist'

06/10/2017

According to the ABS, a majority of Australians has already mailed back their gay-marriage ballots, so these arguments are necessarily directed at those whose pens have yet to make their mark. There is indeed much to weigh, not least the spineless incompetence of our political class.

According to the ABS, a majority of Australians has already mailed back their gay-marriage ballots, so these arguments are necessarily directed at those whose pens have yet to make their mark. There is indeed much to weigh, not least the spineless incompetence of our political class

06/10/2017

Fresh from flogging his gold-plated batteries to basket-case South Australia, tax-hoovering entrepreneur Elon Musk has announced a Mars mission. A trusting media lapped it up, of course, which left me a little irked. You see, I had the greatest space scoop of all time and the ABC blew it.

Fresh from flogging his gold-plated batteries to basket-case South Australia, tax-hoovering entrepreneur Elon Musk has announced a Mars mission. A trusting media lapped it up, of course, which left me a little irked. You see, I had the greatest space scoop of all time and the ABC blew it

06/10/2017

The 'middle' ground of US policy and perspectives is a mess of graceless, cumbersome, knotty and embarrassing jerry-built legislation claiming to bridge what is an unbridgeable chasm. The conflicting truths of American life as seen by Left and Right cannot be reconciled. There is no meaningful in-between.

The 'middle' ground of US policy and perspectives is a mess of graceless, cumbersome, knotty and embarrassing jerry-built legislation claiming to bridge what is an unbridgeable chasm. The conflicting truths of American life as seen by Left and Right cannot be reconciled. There is no meaningful in-be...

06/10/2017

With Lord Mayor Clover Moore's "Aboriginal advisory panel" poised to dictate what should be inscribed beneath Captain Cook's statue in Hyde Park, there are no prizes for guessing the politically correct insult to history certain soon to be cast in bronze. History, as re-written by a reggae singer.

With Lord Mayor Clover Moore's

06/10/2017

The same-sex marriage postal survey has demonstrated that a prevailing elite is convinced it knows what is best for everyone else and lashes out when the articles of its faith are questioned. In this matter and others, the slow poisoning by the Left's colonisers continues.

The same-sex marriage postal survey has demonstrated that a prevailing elite is convinced it knows what is best for everyone else and lashes out when the articles of its faith are questioned. In this matter and others, the slow poisoning by the Left's colonisers continues

06/10/2017

The US media's arrogance has once again blinded it to the genius of Donald Trump, whose denunciation of gridiron players 'taking a knee' has set the commentariat to another fit of frothing. How out of touch must the pundits be to back myths and spoiled millionaires above patriotism and good manners?

06/10/2017

In the upcoming October edition of Quadrant four writers address the case for changing the definition of marriage and find it wanting. Released early in response to the postal survey, Keith Windschuttle, Greg Walsh, Shimon Cowen and Michael Kowalik lay out the 'No' case

Keith Windschuttle: SSM: Spurious, Specious, Misleading

In the upcoming October edition of Quadrant four writers address the case for changing the definition of marriage and find it wanting. Released early in response to the postal survey, Keith Windschuttle, Greg Walsh, Shimon Cowen and Michael Kowalik lay out the 'No' case

06/10/2017

In a not-too-distant future, the House of God has moved with the times to embrace the re-cast creeds of fashionable devotions, from n**e mimes to the Trinity's expansion with the addition of the Rainbow Serpent. A fantasy, true, but only just.

In a not-too-distant future, the House of God has moved with the times to embrace the re-cast creeds of fashionable devotions, from n**e mimes to the Trinity's expansion with the addition of the Rainbow Serpent. A fantasy, true, but only just

06/10/2017

Down in the paddock with the horses, beneath an arc of gloriously intense colours that spanned the sky, I remembered an ancient covenant and a sign of peace and hope. From the world beyond our fences, the news was of woe and abuse and I thought then that there are rainbows ... and there are rainbows.

Down in the paddock with the horses, beneath an arc of gloriously intense colours that spanned the sky, I remembered an ancient covenant and a sign of peace and hope. From the world beyond our fences, the news was of woe and abuse and I thought then that there are rainbows ... and there are rainbows

06/10/2017

A surprisingly chilly dip in the waters off Port Douglas inspired me to check the Bureau of Meteorology's latest water-temperature maps, which didn't seem to mesh with the entirely subjective appraisal of my frigid hands and feet. Once, I'd have believed the BoM...

06/10/2017

The little people don’t think it is the business of sporting bodies to be concerning themselves with anything but sport, but what do they know! They are not members of the elite, just the bums on seats whose expenditures on tickets and memberships keep the whole thing going.

The little people don’t think it is the business of sporting bodies to be concerning themselves with anything but sport, but what do they know! They are not members of the elite, just the bums on seats whose expenditures on tickets and memberships keep the whole thing going

06/10/2017

Don't be misled by those determined to see the word 'marriage' re-defined, as if it all starts and stops at spun-sugar same-sex couples atop wedding cakes. This is a totalitarian movement champing at the bit for a 'Yes' victory. After that the real re-making of society can begin.

Don't be misled by those determined to see the word 'marriage' re-defined, as if it all starts and stops at spun-sugar same-sex couples atop wedding cakes. This is a totalitarian movement champing at the bit for a 'Yes' victory. After that the real re-making of society can begin