Volume LIII Number 10

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Quadrant

October 2009 - Volume LIII Number 10

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Mervyn F. Bendle, Trevor Sykes, Howard Hutchins,Suzanne Edgar

History

The Myths of Balibo

John Whitehall

The History Wars and the Holocaust

Mervyn F. Bendle

The Mole and the Letter

Michael Connor

Australia

The Museum against Democracy

David Barnett

Economics

New Deal or Bad Deal?

Geoffrey Luck

Culture

The Fate of Progress at a Time of Crisis

Henry Ergas

Environment

Climate Modelling Nonsense

John Reid

Law

"Rights" as a Weapon in Culture War

Shimon Cowen

Labor's Attack on Conscience

Julian McGauran

Education

Visual Arts, Untaught and Unlearned

Alan Lee

Science

How to Feed the African Poor

David F. Smith

First Person

Passing the Bradman Test

James Allan

Flowers, Books and a Bucket

Ted Rule

Philosophy and Ideas

The Lure of Philosophy in Sydney

James Franklin

Why Philosophy Buries Its Undertakers

B.J. Coman

Language

Pidgin Chickens and Creole Eggs

Michael Giffin

Literature

The Novel as Autobiography

Patricia Anderson

A Novel Look at Faith

Sophie Masson

In Candide's Garden

Peter Coleman

Film

Neil McDonald

Stories

Ron Rodgers

Kerry Conway

Books

Forward Pragmatically

Jack Snelling

The Extraordinary Robert Conquest

John Whitworth

Broody Mary: A Good Thing?

Philippa Martyr

Surviveor and Authority

Douglas Hassall

Ryan

A Semi-Education for All

Peter Ryan

Poetry

We Are Under Siege

Dikra Ridha

The Gun Shop; The Gods

Geoff Page

Tricia Peak

The Climb; Bovine Grace

Robyn Lance

W.K's Figure with the Moulting Beard; The Kingdom of Winter

John Whitworth

The Big Bang; Love Letter from the Lady CEO

Edith Speers

The House of Figs

Robyn Lance

A Spoonful of Acacia Honey

Dikra Ridha

Geoff Page

Cyprus Vignettes

Rod Moran

Three short poems

Jennifer Compton

At Taronga Zoo; Wellington

Cath Vidler

A Ballade of Serious Matters

John Whitworth

The City of Dreams

Edith Speers

Graeme Hetherington

Schrodinger's Cat

John Whitworth

Four short poems

Jennifer Compton

Robyn Lance

Janine Fraser