Monthly Archives: April 2023

The elephant in the US election room

Posted on April 30, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban Despite the recent A$1 billion defamation settlement by Fox News in favour of the Dominion voting equipment company, the subject of voter fraud in the 2020 US presidential election remains an open question. Misusing voting machinery is … Continue reading →

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Why Russia shouldn’t lead the UN Security Council

Posted on April 18, 2023 by andrew

SVITLANA MORENET in The Spectator (April 16, 2023) has written a useful analysis of Russia’s position in the UN. Ukraine was a founding member of the United Nations, an organisation created to ‘maintain international peace and security’ after the Second … Continue reading →

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The Voice would rhyme

Posted on April 17, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban There’s a pub somewhere in the Aussie outback which displays a worn and fraying sign that says “Free beer tomorrow”. The larrikin spirit lives on. But could it also be a warning to Australians that not all … Continue reading →

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In the US, only ‘illigrants’ are above the law

Posted on April 6, 2023 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban April 6, 2023: As Donald Trump was arraigned in New York on charges by the DA to the chorus of US liberals in politics and media, that “in America nobody’s above the law”, nobody seemed conscious of … Continue reading →

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