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Books

25 Best Books I’ve Read in 2020

January 4, 2021 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

As always with these annual roundups, please note that these are the best books I’ve read last year, not the best book published last year, as I never buy new …

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History / Lifestyle

On discovering a scandal in family history

December 7, 2020 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

One of my great regrets in life is not having interrogated my loved ones about their past and their family histories while they were still alive. Now the generation of …

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Politics

America’s mythical allies – and the real ones

November 24, 2020 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Sam Vinograd, an Obama administration nat sec alumnus – and now, needless to say, a CNN nat sec analyst – is hearing sounds: It's like I can almost hear our …

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Politics

Against the Great Satan

October 21, 2020 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Back in 1996, I and three friends had the privilege (having handsomely won the election) of editing the University of Queensland student newspaper “Semper Floreat”. The Latin name means “always …

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Politics

D10

July 20, 2020 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

[Apologies for very sporadic blogging recently, but I have been playing a host to a pandemic refugee] God knows there has not been much good news of any sort in …

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Politics

Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to be oppressed in this racist hell

July 6, 2020 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

As many have remarked over the years, it is somewhat of a mystery why millions of people from the developing world continue to migrate to Western countries, which we are …

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Politics

Cancelling your whole history

July 6, 2020 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

The hope that statue-destroyers would restrict themselves to just slave traders was misplaced. It was as naive as asking the question “who will they pull down next?” The answer is: …

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Politics

America is bad for democracy, say allies

June 16, 2020 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Dalia Research, the Alliance for Democracies and Rasmussen International have released the results of the Democracy Perception Index, the largest study of its kind, based on interviews with 124,000 people in …

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Politics

We shall fight in the streets

June 14, 2020June 14, 2020 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Make no mistake: the attacks, both physical and rhetorical, against the memory of Winston Churchill show that the mask of the agitators in the streets and across the social media …

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Politics

Let’s create Hong Kong 2 in Australia

May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

We could have done it 31 years ago, after the People’s Liberation Army’s tanks liberated thousands of protesters from their lives across Beijing. We could have done it 23 years …

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Politics

Losing My Region – Australians and the world cool on China

May 14, 2020 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Welcome to the political chaos theory – or, should we say, fact: a bat flapping its wings in China produces a hurricane… pretty much everywhere around the world. It seems …

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History / Politics

Who Won World War Two?

May 12, 2020 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

The commemorations and celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War were mooted this year. No obligatory parades or gathering took place at the time of …

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Politics

Money for nothing and cheques for free

May 10, 2020 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

With the economies sliding past the Great Recession 2 towards the Great Depression 2 and with tens of millions suddenly unemployed throughout the developed world (with hundreds of millions throughout …

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Books / Politics

Michael Gove’s bookshelf – and yours (and mine too)

May 5, 2020May 5, 2020 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Plenty of people like to be filmed against the backdrop of their bookshelves to convey the message or at least create the impression that they are smart. This has become …

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Lifestyle

The Daily Chrenk’s Best Proverbs From Around The World, Part 7: The Finale

April 18, 2020 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

It’s been a great journey discovering the wise, the weird and the wonderful folk sayings from all parts of the world. You can check the previous six posts at your …

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Politics

Terror doesn’t sleep

April 16, 2020 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Back in mid-March, in one of those “irony of ironies” moments, ISIS has issued a travel advisory to its members not to travel to Europe: “stay away from the land of …

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Lifestyle

The Daily Chrenk’s Best Proverbs From Around The World, Part 6

April 9, 2020 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Distract yourself from COVID 24/7 and enjoy some wisdom of the ages from all corners of the world. Coincidentally, when proverbs and folk sayings were coming into being, life really …

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Books

“Ruthenia & Galicia”

April 1, 2020 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

To quote myself from another website: Having read over 80 books last year, I have already made a New Year’s resolution to read less in 2020, but now, with the …

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Lifestyle

The Daily Chrenk’s Best Proverbs From Around The World, Part 5

March 26, 2020 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

With Coronavirus 24/7 and the world turned upside down indefinitely, wherever you are in self-isolation, make yourself some tea, sit down and enjoy the wisdom of the ages from different …

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Politics

Closed borders for me but not for thee

March 12, 2020March 12, 2020 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

While the world is manically washing its hands and stocking up on toilet paper, as commerce, travel and even social interactions are slowly shrinking in response to what some see …

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