Category Archives: Should Know Better

In the Middle East, US President Joe Biden is urging Israel’s surrender to the terrorist Hamas organisation, via a ceasefire. In Eastern Europe, Pope Francis is urging Ukraine to surrender to the Russian invaders. Why does Francis not urge Russia … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban. “There has been a lot of crowing this week about the fact that the New York Times has finally come clean and admitted Hunter Biden’s laptop saga is not Russian disinformation. It’s real. You don’t say,” writes … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban The ‘mean girls’ denying the late Kimberley Kitching’s well documented allegations of bullying is tantamount to calling her a liar – and a scheming one at that. With a letter to Labor frontbencher Richard Marles, letters to … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban Marxism is so yesterday. Still, the old political ideology is regurgitated by the likes of today’s BLM. Baby Karl Marx came into this world 282 years ago (1818). He died at age 65 (1883), 138 years ago … Continue reading →

A historical echo … “One especially powerful tool that helped to forge a sense of nationhood in the minds of Americans during the early years of the republic was the Constitution that the framers drafted in Philadelphia in the summer … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban. We are witnessing America’s arguably most destructive political convulsion as the Democrats’ move to impeach President Donald Trump. It is likely to end up as a valuable lesson in realpolitik for any party anywhere (including Australia) which … Continue reading →

Andrew L. Urban. Australia does NOT have the permission of Indonesia’s President to relocate our Israel embassy from Tel Aviv to West Jerusalem and both (post-Bali visit) Malcolm Turnbull, and The Australian’s Editor at Large, Paul Kelly are admonishing Prime … Continue reading →

Open letter to NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley – and the Australian Labor Party 29/3/2015 (the day after Labor lost the NSW election) Dear Mr Foley, Immediately before Labor lost the NSW 2015 election, you were publicly defending your parliamentary … Continue reading →

October 15, 2013 Dear Mr Shorten, My congratulations on your election to the leadership of the Parliamentary Labour Party comes with a caveat: don’t let Labour trash democracy. You and your newly elected Deputy The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, have … Continue reading →

By Andrew L. Urban Censorship these days is essentially about the use of minority power; the power of a small group denying the entire wider society access to a film (or book, or painting, etc). Besides all the rational arguments … Continue reading →