Author Archives: andrew

From the archives: mass media the enema of The People

Posted on October 26, 2026 by andrew

29 September, 2018: Andrew L. Urban wrote in The Spectator Australia ” free press is not the same as a fair press,” adding, “If your world view and opinions are fashioned by what you consume in the no longer credible … Continue reading →

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Andrew L. Urban’s interview with ChatGPT Part 2

Posted on October 25, 2026 by andrew

Read Part 1 on our sister blog wrongfulconvictionsreport.org HERE Andrew Urban: Picking up on our earlier conversation, do you recognise humour, including sarcasm and satire? If so, how do you display it, since you can’t smile or laugh? ChatGPT: Yes, … Continue reading →

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Theo James – my pick for the next James Bond

Posted on October 24, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. Theo James was born on 16 December 1984 in Oxford as Theodore Peter James Kinnaird Taptiklis. (Final screen tests scheduled for this weeknd.) Why him? 1 He is the right age (42), has James in his name … Continue reading →

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Democracy safe from mentally ill

Posted on October 23, 2026 by andrew

The horrific injuries to Helen Haines have fuelled the fear that democracy is under attack. I beg to differ. The attack on her was made by a man so ‘out of it’ police couldn’t interview him until the following day. … Continue reading →

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How Suez crisis crashed the Hungarian Revolution: a 70th anniversary history lesson

Posted on October 20, 2026 by andrew

 Andrew L. Urban. I was 11 and I’d never seen let alone eaten a banana. I remember my first one, sitting in a coach waiting to be transported from the city to Vienna airport, where my mother and I were … Continue reading →

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High Court’s worst idea “implied freedom of political communication” not approved by public

Posted on October 18, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. “When the High Court takes a step in the wrong direction, the full impact might not be immediately apparent. But consequences eventually pile up until reform becomes inevitable. That day has finally arrived for one of the … Continue reading →

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Navi wins novel peace prize for seeing non-existent genocide

Posted on October 17, 2026 by andrew

 Andrew L. Urban.  In the wake of the Nobel Peace Prize award to the antisemitic South African jurist Navi Pillay, it might calm you down a bit (as it did me) to know that unlike the committees that award the … Continue reading →

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Hurry up, High Court, hear the Hanson appeal

Posted on October 16, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. Pauline Hanson’s comment that Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi should pack her bags and “piss off back to Pakistan” is deemed to be illegal in Australia; while pro-Palestinian demonstrations demanding the elimination of Israel “from the river to the sea” … Continue reading →

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Minority Report: ‘safe as a Faruqi’

Posted on October 14, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. It is said that to know who wields power in a society, see who it is you cannot freely criticise, without consequences. These days, the dynamic between majority and minority in democracies has been flipped in the … Continue reading →

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Jerusalem Burning

Posted on October 13, 2026 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban.  I had just re-watched British director Alan Parker’s outstanding 1988 film, Mississippi Burning, inspired by events in the 1960s, when two FBI agents (played by Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe) arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance … Continue reading →

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