May 2018 - Page 4 of 4 -

May 5, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

UNFORTUNATE PLACEMENT – Or not:

May 4, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

NOT FLYING HIGH IN AFGHANISTAN – It will take a long time for those sorts of attitudes to change: Afghanistan’s first female pilot has been granted asylum in the US after …

Politics

May 3, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

ILLEGAL MIGRANT? THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT – This sort of thing gets my blood boiling: An open borders group that has benefitted from U.S. taxpayer dollars and is funded …

Politics

May 3, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

HILLARY VERSUS SOCIALISTS – What would Karl Marx (unhappy 200th birthday for Saturday, Karl) think of a political party that represents both the plutocracy and the workers? Hillary Clinton claimed …

Politics

May 3, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

FOREVER GIANT EGO – As a rather shy and retiring person – apart from blogging in public – I always wonder what it must feel like to have a giant …

Politics

May 2, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

BELATED HAPPY MAY DAY – My childhood memories of the 1st of May – compulsorily attending workers marching past the tribune-ful of communist party dignitaries – are rather tedious, as …

Politics

May 2, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THE MANCHURIAN EX-AMBASSADOR – Malcolm Farr reports on a “brutal assessment”: Our relations with China are under increasing strain and a former Australian ambassador to Beijing has given a brutal …

Culture / Politics

May 2, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

MUCH ADO ABOUT APU – Just as Kanye West remains unapologetic about not toeing the cultural-industrial complex’s political line, and just as Keziah Daum remains unapologetic about wearing a Chinese …

Politics

May 2, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

APPROPRIATE THIS! – A little over a week ago, 17-year old Keziah Daum wore a traditional Chinese dress to her prom. Because people are awful and their awfulness is amplified …

Politics

May 1, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

IT’S NOT MEANT TO BE LIKE THIS – Kanye made them do it: The online survey of more than 16,000 registered voters ages 18 to 34 shows their support for …

Politics

May 1, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

IRAN LIED, NO ONE DIED (YET) – Perhaps more interesting than the content of the treasure trove of secret nuclear documents from Iran is how the Israeli intelligence managed to …

Politics

May 1, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

NORTH KOREA, BACK TO THE FUTURE – Adjusting the clocks: North Korea will shift its time zone 30 minutes earlier to align with South Korea starting May 5 “as a first practical step …

Politics

Dear Karl Marx, happy birthday from The New York Times

May 1, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Karl Marx will be celebrating his 200th birthday on 5 May (as much as you can celebrate in hell), but “The New York Times” opinion pages have already presented the …