Author Archives: andrew

COVID19 – Ignoring information has hurt democracy

Posted on September 26, 2020 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. Over and above the deadly blunders that have claimed hundreds of lives (the majority of the total), failing to adapt policies and regulations in light of the mass of emerging information about Covid19 has been the most … Continue reading →

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Why Noor bin Ladin urges ‘vote for Trump’

Posted on September 21, 2020 by andrew

In a passionate Letter to America, the niece of Osama bin Laden sets out a coherent and compelling case for an America led by Donald Trump. She writes because she is “heartbroken to see how an entire generation was successfully … Continue reading →

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Pandemic panic perverts politics

Posted on September 21, 2020 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban The Wuhan virus aka Covid19 has panicked Western leaders (not all, but most) into behaving irrationally and dishonestly. Australia, so lightly touched by the virus, has been especially poorly served by a panicked political class, an incompetent … Continue reading →

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Anna and The Fly – a parable for our times

Posted on September 20, 2020 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban Once upon a time there was a girl called Anna, who lived in a lovely sunny house with a view of fields, forests and the sea. All was well in her family house, furnished with many lovely … Continue reading →

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Fact checking Google on a revolution

Posted on September 19, 2020 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. Apart from the self contradiction in one sentence to the next, the unsourced statement on a Google page for the Hungarian Revolution, that the US requested but was refused freedom of passage through Austria is a total … Continue reading →

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Public register would expose wrongfully convicted

Posted on September 19, 2020 by andrew

As controversial as this view may be, I urge great caution in lobbying for the currently proposed national public – public! – register of convicted child sex offenders – whom I abhor as much as everyone. We should be deeply … Continue reading →

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On mercy and cancel culture – by Nick Cave

Posted on August 15, 2020 by andrew

Musician, song writer, performer and enigmatic Australian, Nick Cave’s compassionate, enlightened and moving words from the latest edition of his Red Hand Files blog deserve – nay, demand – sharing. This is an edited extract from his reply to the … Continue reading →

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Dense is as dense does

Posted on August 15, 2020 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban How dense do you have to be to misunderstand Johannes Leake’s cartoon of Joe Biden with Kamala Harris? (The Australian, August 14, 2020) And how uninformed, especially if you are in the media or politics? It was … Continue reading →

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The Woke Brigade janitor has a million eyes

Posted on August 13, 2020 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban The elderly woman in the ground floor flat was the janitor of the apartment block and an informant for the party, the only political party permitted to function: the Communist Party. Everyone in the block knew it, … Continue reading →

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Yeonmi Park escaped hell on earth – millions have not

Posted on July 23, 2020 by andrew

One Young World Ambassador Yeonmi Park’s emotional speech at the One Young World Summit 2014 in Dublin has found renewed attention online. Yeonmi’s video, in which she details her harrowing escape from North Korea, was republished on the ‘Higher Perspective’ Facebook … Continue reading →

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