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Friday, June 30, 2006

Does anyone get Leunig?

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One of the hardest things traditionalist conservatives have to do is to figure out the mindset of liberals. Although I understand better now...
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Sunday, June 25, 2006

The humanist as mad scientist

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Where is political modernism taking us? There is an unsettling answer laid out for us in a recent issue of Dissent , a prominent Australian ...
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Sunday, June 18, 2006

France & the third dynamic

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What drives multiculturalism and mass immigration? I believe the underlying reason, the “first” dynamic, is the logic of the liberalism whic...
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Saturday, June 17, 2006

Scandalous art

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It’s not difficult to mock modern art. The empty pretence at the heart of modern art is revealed all too frequently. The latest scandal inv...
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Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Gay marriage - what is at stake?

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Why should we resist the push toward gay marriage? The answer is set out best by Andrea Burns, in an article for the Melbourne Herald Sun (...
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Sunday, June 11, 2006

A conservative laureate?

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If Australia has a poet laureate it is Les Murray. I bought his newly released Collected Poems today and was interested to find how openly ...
Saturday, June 10, 2006

Kalb on modernity

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Jim Kalb is back posting more regularly at Turnabout , having spent time preparing a book. If you haven't seen it already I recommend re...
Saturday, May 27, 2006

The shadow side of political modernism

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It's rare to hear self-doubt from political moderns. Therefore, appreciate while you can the confessions of Rev. Alan Taylor. Rev. Taylo...
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Anti-liberalism not enough?

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Earlier this month I reviewed the first half of a biography of James McAuley, a leading figure on the anti-communist right in Australia in ...
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Saturday, May 20, 2006

More Hollywood lies

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Glory Road has just been released in Australia. It’s a film which claims to be the true story of the Texan Western Miners basketball team, ...
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Thursday, May 18, 2006

Failing skills

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Some people in Australia seem to believe that skills shortages can be filled through migration from developing countries. Not all employer g...
Wednesday, May 17, 2006

A great artist

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There was a short item in last Saturday’s Age on one of my favourite painters, Hans Heysen (1877-1968). Heysen did not view his role as an...
Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Taking the road to Sao Paulo

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Remember Ryan Heath? He's the young Australian lefty who wrote earlier this year : The truth is that Australia doesn't really have a...
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Friday, May 12, 2006

Timing

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I've been reading a biography of James McAuley, one of the leading figures on the Australian right after WWII. The first half of the boo...
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Tuesday, May 09, 2006

A sentimental victory

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I found a book showcasing my home town, Melbourne, in a second-hand bookshop on the weekend. Published in 1968 it is full of glorious photos...
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