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It’s the end of the blogging world as we know it, and I feel fine

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Arthur Chrenkoff

I last blogged some eleven years ago. I guess that makes me a veteran; not a pioneer perhaps but certainly one of the early adopters. […]

Culture, Happiness, Life, Politics

America’s UnFantastic Four

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Arthur Chrenkoff

How the hell, in a nation of 320 million, did we end up with these four anti-superhero losers as the last ones standing in the […]

Culture, Politics

Ballots and bullets: Poland and China, 27 years on

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Arthur Chrenkoff

On June 4, 1989, two communist countries on opposite sides of the world chose different paths to the future. In Poland, the first round of […]

Life, Politics

Fox dog-whispers dead baby

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Arthur Chrenkoff

As a rule I never assume that celebrities are necessarily smart and/or sane, but once in a while a story pops up on the news […]

Culture, Life

Sage advice from Uncle Chrenk

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Arthur Chrenkoff

Enough said.

Life

Dear anti-Trump protesters

Posted on June 4, 2016 by Arthur Chrenkoff

This election campaign is only going to get more serious the closer to November we get. Which means Trump will become even more unbearable, which […]

Politics

On first dates and communist restaurants

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Arthur Chrenkoff

A first date tonight. She likes Vietnamese. Not too many options in Brisbane inner north. Her: â€œWhatâ€™s that Vietnamese place that was named after some […]

Culture, Life, Politics

The experts have spoken

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Arthur Chrenkoff

As most of you might be aware by now, over the last few weeks and in the course of the federal election campaign, I have […]

Politics

The Girl With A Feminist Tattoo

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Arthur Chrenkoff

Take a look around the world and it puts everything in perspective; suddenly, all the huge â€œcontroversiesâ€ at home turn from mountains into molehills and […]

Culture, Politics

Dalai Lama, that ugly right-winger

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Arthur Chrenkoff

I love the sound of leftie heads exploding from dissonance. This is going to generate a few pops: The Dalai Lama, who has himself lived […]

Politics

European Union â€“ time for Chrenxit?

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Arthur Chrenkoff

Europe should have really just stuck to being a common market. Donâ€™t take me wrong, I do understand and have some sympathy with the Pan-European […]

Life, Politics