Category Archives: Quotidian

Andrew L. Urban. The new reality show on the world stage is, a bit like the Truman Show, not a reality show at all. It is rather the depiction of a deadly dystopian world where the designated survivors – the … Continue reading →

29 September, 2018: Andrew L. Urban wrote in The Spectator Australia ” free press is not the same as a fair press,” adding, “If your world view and opinions are fashioned by what you consume in the no longer credible … Continue reading →

Read Part 1 on our sister blog wrongfulconvictionsreport.org HERE Andrew Urban: Picking up on our earlier conversation, do you recognise humour, including sarcasm and satire? If so, how do you display it, since you can’t smile or laugh? ChatGPT: Yes, … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban. Theo James was born on 16 December 1984 in Oxford as Theodore Peter James Kinnaird Taptiklis. (Final screen tests scheduled for this weeknd.) Why him? 1 He is the right age (42), has James in his name … Continue reading →

The horrific injuries to Helen Haines have fuelled the fear that democracy is under attack. I beg to differ. The attack on her was made by a man so ‘out of it’ police couldn’t interview him until the following day. … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban. It is said that to know who wields power in a society, see who it is you cannot freely criticise, without consequences. These days, the dynamic between majority and minority in democracies has been flipped in the … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban.  I had just re-watched British director Alan Parker’s outstanding 1988 film, Mississippi Burning, inspired by events in the 1960s, when two FBI agents (played by Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe) arrive in Mississippi to investigate the disappearance … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban. “There will be no removal of masks to consume alcohol outdoors.” With that single rule, Daniel Andrews demonstrated how to (mis)use the power of political office. He showed how to revel in it. Exhibit A: take a … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban. Only an arrogant, self-absorbed performer (rapper /singer /comic /muso /actor) would think that everyone or nearly everyone in a random crowd of several thousand people in a stadium or theatre shares their political world view – especially … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban. The Labor government’s proposed Digital Duty of Care laws are in reality intended to override algorithms with Alborithms, algorithms operating under the authority, assumptions and ideological preferences of regulators and governments. Voters have a ‘duty to care’ … Continue reading →