Roger Franklin

Melbourne

Staff Editor at Quadrant Online

Author, journalist, broadcaster and editor of Quadrant Online. Western civilisation starts at Whitten Oval

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Articles

Everyone He Knows is ‘Aboriginal’

1 week ago | quadrant.org.au | Roger Franklin |Nick Gibb |Penelope Nelson |Stephanie Jarrett

Not content with astonishing old mates from his sporting days by calling them closet indigenous, he also reckons AFL great Leigh Matthews is a 'brother'Apr 11 202520 minsEvery school now uses phonics, even if some could do it better. Gone is encouraging kids to guess words instead of reading themApr 11 202514 minsWhat happened on the Bounty was never a simple tale of villains and heroes.
Our Defence Forces Face Terminal Decline

3 weeks ago | quadrant.org.au | Jim Molan |Roger Franklin |Nigel Davies |Tanveer Ahmed

he word appalling has been diminished by overuse, but its […]Apr 01 202532 minsWhy do so few openly object to the incessant Welcomes to Country? The answer is simple: we live in fearMar 31 20256 minsTrump’s focus is on the cost of alliances.
Keep Applauding or Else

3 weeks ago | quadrant.org.au | Roger Franklin |Anthony Daniels

Why do so few openly object to the incessant Welcomes to Country? The answer is simple: we live in fearMar 31 20256 minsTrump’s focus is on the cost of alliances. What value does he assign our loyalty and sacrifice of in support of US-led actionsMar 31 20258 minsThe revered architect promoted the idea of razing much of Paris to modernise it.
Defending Australia

3 weeks ago | quadrant.org.au | Roger Franklin |Anthony Daniels |Rebecca Weisser

Trump’s focus is on the cost of alliances. What value does he assign our loyalty and sacrifice of in support of US-led actionsMar 31 20258 minsThe revered architect promoted the idea of razing much of Paris to modernise it. Hitler would have heartily approvedMar 31 20257 minsEuropeans worry Trump is an unreliable ally and, allowing he doesn't somehow end the Ukraine war, who can blame them?
On Mein Kampf and Le Corbusier

3 weeks ago | quadrant.org.au | Anthony Daniels |Roger Franklin |Christopher Jolliffe |John O’Sullivan

The revered architect promoted the idea of razing much of Paris to modernise it. Hitler would have heartily approvedMar 31 20257 minsEuropeans worry Trump is an unreliable ally and, allowing he doesn't somehow end the Ukraine war, who can blame them? Mar 31 20259 minsThe problem with Anzac Day is that it is the legacy of a world that most postmodern people don’t believe has any valueMar 31 20258 minsNot being a systematic thinker, my reading is desultory: or perhaps it is the other way round.
Trump: All Hat and No Rabbit

3 weeks ago | quadrant.org.au | Roger Franklin |Anthony Daniels |Christopher Jolliffe |John O’Sullivan

The revered architect promoted the idea of razing much of Paris to modernise it. Hitler would have heartily approvedMar 31 20257 minsEuropeans worry Trump is an unreliable ally and, allowing he doesn't somehow end the Ukraine war, who can blame them? Mar 31 20259 minsThe problem with Anzac Day is that it is the legacy of a world that most postmodern people don’t believe has any valueMar 31 20258 minsIt’s easy to understand the case for peace talks with the Kremlin over the Russo-Ukraine war.
China, Central Asia, and the World

3 weeks ago | quadrant.org.au | Graham L. Bradley |Daryl McCann |Andrew Cusack |Roger Franklin

Three years of Russia’s military failures in Ukraine have inspired quiet doubts in Beijing. So how solid is that relationship? Mar 30 20255 minsTrump continues to play a double game with Russia and Ukraine.
Derek Wright: ‘A Dream in Old Age’

3 weeks ago | quadrant.org.au | Barry Spurr |Roger Franklin

A Tree of Words An acacia or eucalypt, I can’t […]Mar 29 20251 minsThe literal-minded obsession with laity participation and a dumbed-down misunderstanding of what people are capable of appreciating have had a destructive impactMar 29 202515 minsLegacy media is billing the Opposition leader as a nasty clone of the US President, who at the same time is supposedly turning into Xi. One thing, though, is certain.
Marcus Ten Low: Three New Poems

3 weeks ago | quadrant.org.au | Barry Spurr |Roger Franklin

A Tree of Words An acacia or eucalypt, I can’t […]Mar 29 20251 minsThe literal-minded obsession with laity participation and a dumbed-down misunderstanding of what people are capable of appreciating have had a destructive impactMar 29 202515 minsLegacy media is billing the Opposition leader as a nasty clone of the US President, who at the same time is supposedly turning into Xi. One thing, though, is certain.
Jeremy Gadd: ‘Singing a Fish’

3 weeks ago | quadrant.org.au | Barry Spurr |Roger Franklin

A Tree of Words An acacia or eucalypt, I can’t […]Mar 29 20251 minsThe literal-minded obsession with laity participation and a dumbed-down misunderstanding of what people are capable of appreciating have had a destructive impactMar 29 202515 minsLegacy media is billing the Opposition leader as a nasty clone of the US President, who at the same time is supposedly turning into Xi. One thing, though, is certain. It's all toshMar 28 20256 minsSinging a FishI silently sing to my fish.