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The pursuit of truth and the survival of freedom.(The Media)

Publication: Quadrant
Publication Date: 01-DEC-03
Format: Online - approximately 1131 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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THE OCTOBER issue of Quadrant properly heralded on its cover that this was the 400th number. Apart from that simple statement the editor exercised admirable restraint--too admirable, I believe--in not elaborating on the extraordinary accomplishment represented in the survival of Quadrant for...

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...nearly fifty years. Not survival for survival's sake (or for monetary gain), as with most publications, but in the interest of providing reading space for points of view often blocked out of larger, better-financed publications. Quadrant's survival, indeed its continuing relevance and incorruptibility, is an achievement to be applauded.

I recall Quadrant's founding at the hands of Richard Krygier and James McAuley. And I remember with great warmth my two-week speaking tour in Australia as Quadrant's guest. That was some thirty years ago during the height of the Cold War. It is well to note Quadrant's origin with pride. The magazine was assisted at birth by the Congress of Cultural Freedom. So, too, were Encounter, Survey, and several other distinguished magazines that provided public access to...

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