Author Archives: andrew

Empower the children

Posted on April 21, 2019 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. There is now a new and genuine, deeply troubling ‘climate emergency’; our children feel at risk of death by global warming. Bushfires, drought, hurricanes, storms and a world-ending catastrophe are rushing towards us. Their ‘home made’ street … Continue reading →

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Peter Ridd defeats the climate inquisition dragon

Posted on April 18, 2019 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. Universities going rogue on freedom of speech are on notice, in the wake of the April 17, 2019 judgement by Salvatore Vasta in favour of Professor Peter Ridd, who urged greater scrutiny of scientific reporting on the … Continue reading →

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How many scientists do you need …. ?

Posted on April 12, 2019 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. …. to demonstrate to policy makers in words they can understand that CO2 is not a pollutant, nor a driver of global warming – with empirical evidence? Here is one more being exceptionally clear – not that … Continue reading →

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Stupid goes mainstream, global

Posted on March 31, 2019 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban To understand American politics, the late Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Charles Krauthammer noted, you have to recognise that the right thinks the left is stupid and the left thinks the right is evil. It’s not only in … Continue reading →

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‘Believing in science’ is to not understand it

Posted on March 27, 2019 by andrew

‘I believe in science’ is an homage given to science by people who generally don’t understand much about it. Science is used here not to describe specific methods or theories, but to provide a badge of tribal identity.  Which serves, … Continue reading →

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Mental cruelty on climate sinks to children

Posted on February 26, 2019 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. The mental cruelty inflicted on the people of the western world by dishonest, unscientific and terrifying claims about man made global warming has sunk to the lowest possible level: activists enlisting young children to spout their mindless … Continue reading →

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What budding (and ageing) socialists need to know

Posted on February 4, 2019 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. It is the greatest, most tragic of ironies that those on the political Left, especially America’s election hopefuls such as old ‘should-know-better’ Bernie Sanders and political toddler Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, are proposing the kind of society that has … Continue reading →

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Sodom and Warringah

Posted on February 2, 2019 by andrew

Johannes Leak has the gift his late father Bill, had. Genes, maybe? Anyway, his cartoons are as funny as they are sharp-eyed. This one was published in The Weekend Australian, February 2/3, 2019, when one of the political news stories … Continue reading →

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Wrong, Penny Wong

Posted on January 8, 2019 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. How can some leading Australian politicians be so misguided and so wrong-headed as to call for the recognition of a Palestine state, as Senator Penny Wong did at the recent Labour National Conference?  “Fatah and Hamas have … Continue reading →

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Thugs welcome, bring guns ….

Posted on January 3, 2019 by andrew

Andrew L. Urban. The news is broadcast far and wide: California is a safe haven for foreign criminals, complete with instant welfare benefits and voting rights …. come and get it. Thugs Welcome – Bring Guns. If only I were … Continue reading →

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