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Welcome to Nothing

3 weeks ago | quadrant.org.au | Jane Petkovic |Michael Giffin |Alexander Voltz |Michael Lawriwsky

Progressive Christianity's problem is a desire to find in scripture a defence of positions and belief at odds with the Bible itselfMar 30 202515 minsrrollyn Wallen CBE has served as Master of the King’s […]Mar 30 202516 minsThree women have created a book that in its content, omissions, graphics, and approach is likely to negatively impact girls and young womenMar 30 202510 minsIn 2023, a children’s book by two Australian authors became the object of adult ire.
Peter FitzSimons’s War on Albert Jacka

3 weeks ago | quadrant.org.au | Michael Lawriwsky |Douglas Hassall |Joe Dolce |Jennifer Gribble

Behold a hack's compilation of errors, omissions, gross inaccuracies and outright invention. The author should be ashamed of himselfMar 29 20255 minsDana Gioia’s book contains something to attract, inform and enthuse anyonewith an interest in opera and its current trajectoryMar 29 20253 mins'You can’t be a good soldier in a rotten war', one character notes..
Resurrecting the Sphinx: Sir Nevill Smyth VC

Nov 18, 2024 | quadrant.org.au | Roger Underwood |Patrick McCauley |Margot Pearce |Michael Lawriwsky

Decades ago Phil Cheney laid down the science of bushfires and how to live with them. Today, instead of his wisdom, we get water bombers and lectures about global warming Nov 18 202411 minsThere is no greater example of Aboriginal policy failures, from bilingual education to the deliberate fostering of a victimhood mentality, than the disgrace that is Wadeye, a town where violence and anarchy prevail. Haven't heard of the war within this NT community?
That Old Dreamtime Religion

Nov 16, 2024 | quadrant.org.au | Barry Spurr |Michael Lawriwsky |Deidre Clary |Margot Pearce

State schools give mainstream belief short shrift, favouring instead a confected melange of Aboriginal myth and greenish piffle Nov 17 2024 7 mins The memoirist's principal challenge is that one must disclose the unpleasant aspects of oneself, not dwell only on the good Nov 17 2024 11 mins After Gallipoli, Nevill Smyth VC went to the Western Front - another chapter in a life crying out for a biographer Nov 16 2024 16 mins ‘No, Bunjil’s the Creator!’ The comment passed in an innocent,...
Simone Weil and the Transcendence of Suffering

Oct 30, 2024 | quadrant.org.au | Michael Lawriwsky |Mervyn F. Bendle |Jane Petkovic |Raymond Burns

There was a young cavalry officer, one Smyth, who seemed […]Oct 31 202416 minsimone Weil had had enough. The end loomed before her […]Oct 31 202420 minsPart 1, by Jane Petkovic y mother was a born […]Oct 31 202418 minsSimone Weil had had enough. The end loomed before her and she was seized by the compulsion to move towards it. It was August 1943 and the thirty-four-year-old French philosopher lay slumped in a sanatorium bed.
The Continuing Decline of Languages and Literature

Oct 30, 2024 | quadrant.org.au | Michael Lawriwsky |Mervyn F. Bendle |Jane Petkovic |Raymond Burns

There was a young cavalry officer, one Smyth, who seemed […]Oct 31 202416 minsimone Weil had had enough. The end loomed before her […]Oct 31 202420 minsPart 1, by Jane Petkovic y mother was a born […]Oct 31 202418 minsPart 1, by Jane PetkovicMy mother was a born teacher. Educated at the academically-selective Sydney Girls’ High School, she matriculated to the University of Sydney.
Ukraine needs NATO and NATO needs Ukraine - Openforum

Oct 25, 2024 | openforum.com.au | Michael Lawriwsky

Home / Ukraine / Ukraine needs NATO and NATO needs Ukraine Michael Lawriwsky | October 25, 2024 In a recent piece for Australian Outlook Graeme Gill wrote that I and others “dispute the importance of NATO,” claiming it has no role in the current conflict, while we “rarely interrogate the evidence relating to [Russia’s] fear of Ukraine joining NATO.” In this article below, I respond to these claims. My position is that NATO plays a vital role.
Ukraine’s Membership of NATO is Important to Russia—It Would be Precluded from Ever Invading Ukraine Again - Australian Institute of International Affairs

Oct 17, 2024 | internationalaffairs.org.au | Michael Lawriwsky

In a recent piece for Australian Outlook Graeme Gill writes that I and others “dispute the importance of NATO,” claiming it has no role in the current conflict, while we “rarely interrogate the evidence relating to [Russia’s] fear of Ukraine joining NATO.” In the article below, I respond to these claims. My position is that NATO plays a vital role.
Exposing Putin's lapdogs - Openforum

Aug 31, 2024 | openforum.com.au | Michael Lawriwsky

In a recent article in Australian Outlook, Tom Switzer, the executive director of the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS), correctly observes that promoters of the view that the Russian-Ukrainian War is “NATO’s fault,” like the University of Chicago’s John Mearsheimer, have become somewhat marginalised.
The Russian-Ukrainian War: Proponents of the Kremlin's Narratives - Australian Institute of International Affairs

Aug 22, 2024 | internationalaffairs.org.au | Michael Lawriwsky

John J. Mearsheimer and Tom Switzer’s arguments center on the simple acceptance of Vladimir Putin’s rhetoric, which downplays the complexities of Ukraine’s stance on NATO. They fail to critically assess the broader geopolitical dynamics, instead aligning closely with Putin’s misleading narrative that portrays NATO expansion as a direct threat to Russia.