Category Archives: Quotidian

Henry Ergas AO is a columnist for The Australian. From 1978 to 1993, Henry was an economist at the OECD in Paris, yet his weekly columns are rich with historical references. An erudite observer of the world, he challenges us … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban You don’t need me to tell you that we are still licking our wounds (almost daily) over disgraceful, anti-democratic Covid era responses from ham-fisted political leadership – I would have welcomed a citizens’ uprising. That might have … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban I was a theatre critic at The Australian for four years and a film critic for my online movie magazine urbancinefile.com.au for 20. I mention this at the start to immodestly suggest that I have some experience … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban The latest of many changes in its history is the only one that hasn’t altered the course of the Mississippi. Donald Trump recently renamed the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America: the river has taken this … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban In Australian parlance, a bludger is a kind of lowlife, the kind that dodges shouting a round of beer. Just so the Americans understand, there’s no greater insult Down Under. A bludger is a user, a wanker, … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →