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Ukraine is not at war with Russia
Andrew L. Urban Nobody declared war ahead of the invasion of Ukraine. It is a universally outlawed illegal invasion mischaracterised as a war. Putin referred to it as a Special Military Operation. That’s a much less restricting label. The false … Continue reading
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A strange case of selective censoring
Andrew L. Urban Recently, The Australian published a column by a contributor they call The Mocker under the headline, “Giridharan Sivaraman’s worldview is built on grievance and victimhood”, which triggered over 600 comments. Mine was rejected. Below are extracts … Continue reading
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The con in Conclave?
Andrew L. Urban Warning: spoiler alert! The Pope is dead. No, seriously. In a stark confluence of life and art, the conclave that has just started at the Vatican has had a cinematic rehearsal with the film, Conclave. If you … Continue reading
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Reason v magical climate thinking – voters have no choice
Andrew L. Urban As Australians prepare to vote for the nature of their future on May 3, I can report that back in the day, the much revered 17th / 18th century satirist Jonathan Swift (no relation to Taylor) confronted (or … Continue reading
Long live Chris Bowen!
Long live Chris Bowen! Andrew L. Urban As you pop your eyeballs back in place, lift your jaw off the floor and pour a stiff drink after reading the headline, please read on; you will come to join the chorus … Continue reading
SECRET SNAPSHOTS, PRIVATE LIVES
The Little Book of Revelations For the chance to win movie tickets or DVDs, Australia’s award winning online movie magazine, Urban Cinefile, ran weekly competitions asking readers to answer questions that elicited some jaw-dropping replies – in 35 words or … Continue reading
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Man-made warming: today the room, tomorrow the world
Andrew L. Urban A serious question for voters in this federal election campaign: If climate change is a scientific matter, why wasn’t it presented in a scientifically credible peer reviewed paper in a scientific or educational institution? Climate change was … Continue reading
The schemers, the naive, the fearful – and the harlots
Andrew L. Urban It was late Sunday morning, March 23, 2025 when Kathrine posted her question in the reader comments at the end of Bjorn Lomborg’s article, “United Nations ‘propaganda’ on climate costing the world trillions” in the Weekend Australian. … Continue reading
Electric shock: it’s much worse than you think
Andrew L. Urban Startled, I stared at my electricity bill. My consumption over the quarter had decreased by 4.62%. The bill, however, was 20% higher, at $542.66. I live alone. (Cat doesn’t count…) And that’s before the 9% price rise … Continue reading
Labor Government’s dirty tricks to cancel conservative conference revealed
ANDREW COOPER, Founder & National Director of the CPAC.network, in this letter to its followers, reveals how sometimes secret manoeuvres by Labor forced the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) out of Sydney….for now. Holding a conference sounds simple, right? Well, … Continue reading
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