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Tony Cousins: ‘Love’s Imperfections’

Sep 28, 2024 | quadrant.org.au | Gabriël Moens |Dejan Hinic |Mervyn F. Bendle |Roslyn Ross

Did Arnold Bax's genius owe much to a congenital heart defect? Sep 29 20246 minsBenedict was the first Pope to stand down since 1415. Some think he was pushed rather than jumpedSep 29 20247 minsOurs is an uncivilised world where the sole guarantor of our liberal democracy is the USSep 28 202417 minsLove’s ImperfectionsShe’d been divorced for a long time, and nowShe was aging, charming, and alone. And she had money—in a comfortable,Suburban kind of way.
Brendan Craig: ‘Felosophy’

Sep 28, 2024 | quadrant.org.au | Gabriël Moens |Dejan Hinic |Mervyn F. Bendle |Roslyn Ross

Did Arnold Bax's genius owe much to a congenital heart defect? Sep 29 20246 minsBenedict was the first Pope to stand down since 1415. Some think he was pushed rather than jumpedSep 29 20247 minsOurs is an uncivilised world where the sole guarantor of our liberal democracy is the USSep 28 202417 minsFelosophyNobody ever owned a cat. Sometimesif you’re luckyit will circle an arcto include you in its orbitor graze along your legpark at your feetinsisting itself. But you cannotwill notown it.
Mocco Wollert: ‘Grizzly’

Sep 28, 2024 | quadrant.org.au | Gabriël Moens |Dejan Hinic |Mervyn F. Bendle |Roslyn Ross

Did Arnold Bax's genius owe much to a congenital heart defect? Sep 29 20246 minsBenedict was the first Pope to stand down since 1415. Some think he was pushed rather than jumpedSep 29 20247 minsOurs is an uncivilised world where the sole guarantor of our liberal democracy is the USSep 28 202417 minsGrizzlyThe exhibition case cannot contain the viciousness, oozing danger.
Tony Cousins: ‘Love’s Imperfections’

Sep 27, 2024 | quadrant.org.au | Javier Milei |Alistair Pope |Roger Franklin |Roslyn Ross

The Fertility Crisis Madam: Simon Kennedy (“From Budapest with Love: […]Sep 27 20246 minsJavier Milei has addressed the General Assembly. He didn't mince wordsSep 27 202410 minsIt's sheer gall in this woke age for such a thorough deplorable to show his face in publicSep 27 20246 minsLove’s ImperfectionsShe’d been divorced for a long time, and nowShe was aging, charming, and alone. And she had money—in a comfortable,Suburban kind of way. All he needed,Once he’d spied her, was to choose a face.
Pearls and Irritations

Aug 3, 2024 | johnmenadue.com | Roslyn Ross

Truth/truːθ/nounthe quality or state of being true. a fact or belief that is accepted as true. Even the definitions of truth are hedging bets. A fact is something which can be demonstrated as true and seen as such by more than one individual. A belief is not necessarily a fact but an opinion, and it seems, if it is generally accepted then it is true. That may well be the case.
When good people do bad things

Mar 16, 2024 | johnmenadue.com | Roslyn Ross

What does it mean when good people do bad things? This has been an eternal question and one raised yet again as the world watches Israel’s genocide against the Palestinians and the cheering Israelis, most of them, calling for more and more blood, slaughter, and atrocities to be committed against civilians. Not only are they calling for more bombs and bullets, some of them are actively preventing food from reaching the Palestinians, even though they are starving. How could they do that?
The widening gap of medical knowledge

Aug 19, 2023 | spectator.com.au | Roslyn Ross

No experience is wasted if we learn from it, and in the time of Covid many of us were pushed to think long and hard about health, disease, and the modern medical system. Generally taking a holistic approach – with full appreciation for the impressive skills in crisis, trauma, and surgical medicine – I was used to questioning medical advice. In the time of Covid that became even more important, particularly as events have played out over the years regarding the official narrative.
The sex that dare not speak its name

Jun 25, 2023 | spectator.com.au | Roslyn Ross

Who would have thought there would come a time in human history when educated adults could not answer a simple question: What is a woman? Between the silences and stammers, languishes the simple answer – a woman is an adult human female. What is astonishing is that so many cannot, or rather, will not, provide this answer. It is as if there is a force at work within society to diminish, downgrade, and even extinguish women as a sex. What purpose could that serve?