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Free speech criminalised in UK

Posted on March 28, 2018 by andrew

Back in the UK after 16 months travel, David Sergeant is aghast at the drastic changes to freedom of speech, expression and association, all squeezed by laws. Yes, in the UK. (This is an extract from his report in Spectator … Continue reading →

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Israeli victory essential for Middle East peace

Posted on March 26, 2018 by andrew

The moment is right for fresh thinking in order to dispatch the old and stale Palestinian-Israeli conflict, writes Daniel Pipes.* With Arabs focused on other issues – the Iranian nuclear weapon build-up, civil wars in Libya, Yemen, Syria, and Iraq, … Continue reading →

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Green on the outside, rancid on the inside

Posted on March 23, 2018 by andrew

By Andrew L. Urban. Illogical, ignorant, infantile, irrational and irrelevant, the Greens are nothing but a rancid infestation in Australia’s political kitchen, as they proved recently by their risible claims about bushfires and climate change, Australia’s humane response to South … Continue reading →

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Inclusive, except ….

Posted on March 23, 2018 by andrew

By Andrew L. Urban. An Iowa, US, hair salon received major social media backlash this week after posting a photo of Ivanka Trump when she visited the store to get her hair styled before an event, reports Katherine Lam for … Continue reading →

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What Kim Jong-un wants

Posted on March 22, 2018 by andrew

By Andrew L. Urban. What does young Kim of North Korea want? That’s what political junkies and politicians around the world are wondering, as are columnists and journalists, in the long lead up to the proposed May 2018 meeting between … Continue reading →

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What future for migrants & refugees?

Posted on March 21, 2018 by andrew

By Andrew L. Urban Douglas Murray’s provocative article in The Weekend Australian, (17/18 March, 2018), ‘Add new migrants and stir carefully’ discusses the challenges of mass migration from the point of view of Australia and other host countries. But do … Continue reading →

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George Soros: wealthy, not wise

Posted on February 19, 2018 by andrew

By Andrew L. Urban ‘In the United States, President Donald Trump would like to establish his own mafia-style state but cannot, because the Constitution, other institutions, and a vibrant civil society won’t allow it.’ That’s the third sentence in an … Continue reading →

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That’s not climate change …

Posted on February 5, 2018 by andrew

By Andrew L. Urban Global warming – more like global hotting at times – was a function of earth’s climate long before humans used coal; or even knew what it was. In a paper published in Climate Etc (January 25, … Continue reading →

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Memo to Republicans: Australia not a real colony

Posted on February 2, 2018 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban The fundamental difference between Australia as a ‘colony’ and every other colony of an imperial power is that Britain sent its own citizens (however unwilling) to establish it. Never mind the reasons, the important point in any … Continue reading →

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Lloyd Rayney & how tunnel vision blinds police

Posted on January 31, 2018 by andrew

By Andrew L. Urban The WA police defamed an innocent man by publicly naming him soon after starting their investigation as the only suspect in his wife’s murder. He was eventually (three years later) charged, tried and acquitted. Twice. He … Continue reading →

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