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- A T-bone impossible to swallow May 14, 2023
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- The elephant in the US election room April 30, 2023
- Why Russia shouldn’t lead the UN Security Council April 18, 2023
- The Voice would rhyme April 17, 2023
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A T-bone impossible to swallow
Andrew L. Urban After lunch, a little past 1pm on the hot summer afternoon of Monday, January 7, 2013, then Victorian Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews, his wife Catherine and their young children Noah then 11, Grace then 9 & Joseph … Continue reading
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Terrorist rehab?
Andrew L. Urban Two movies, screening in early May (in Sydney) and a Guantanamo Bay court hearing the case of Southeast Asia’s once most wanted terrorist, each confront the vexed issue of how society punishes terrorists. Is a terrorist a … Continue reading
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The elephant in the US election room
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
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
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
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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What does reconciliation look like?
What does reconciliation look like? Andrew L. Urban Reconciliation. The word is used almost automatically, especially in the context of the arguments about the Voice referendum. It sounds so …. positive, peaceful, in contrast to the stormy seas in which … Continue reading
Post-referendum blues
Andrew L. Urban Come the referendum and the Voice will be dead or alive. But the shouting will continue. Post-referendum Australia will have been socially and politically poisoned by this debate, as illustrated by the vitriol and general nastiness of … Continue reading
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Play hardball with Putin, stop the carnage
Andrew L. Urban The Western alliance against the Russian Federation’s Ukraine invasion is characterised by soft leather shoes, white shirts, diplomatic suits and dresses. The Putin side of things wears army boots and flak jackets, helmets, and carries a gun … Continue reading
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Tucker Carlson derails his brain over Ukraine
Andrew L. Urban Conservative Fox News cable talk show host Tucker Carlson has a bee in his bonnet about the US heaping aid to help defend Ukraine against Russia’s illegal and barbaric invasion. The bee seems to have gorged on … Continue reading
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