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Category Archives: Should Know Better
Australia divided by geography – just like old times
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
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Democrats on road to perdition
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
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Australia, stop that!
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
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Look out, Luke, democracy about
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
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Letter to Bill Shorten: don’t trash democracy
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
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Censorship is power; transperancy required
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
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The burqa, dress codes and democracy
By Andrew L. Urban Inflamed by the notorious case of a Muslim woman falsely accusing a Sydney policeman of forcibly removing her face covering (June 7, 2011), the public bushfire over the banning or not of the burqa continues to … Continue reading
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Policy debates – celebrities should know better
By Andrew L. Urban It is generally desirable to have everyone participate in democracy in some way, to maker it truly deliberative, whether by direct contact with local members, letters to the media, active membership in parties and organisations, election … Continue reading
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