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Politics

From Israel to Poland, the folaut continues

June 28, 2019 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

The Israel Folau case is big because Israel Folau is big – literally, but more importantly metaphorically speaking. Folau, however, is just a tip of an iceberg if that analogy …

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Politics

Who’s Who at the EU Zoo

May 27, 2019 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

So the people of the European Union have voted – the 51 per cent of them, at least, which is a considerable reverse on the long term trend of a …

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mc7
Books / History

Monte Cassino, great-grandfather and a bear

May 15, 2019 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

On May 18, the day Australia goes to the polls, on the other side of the world we will be commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of the bloodiest …

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Politics

My economic revelation

May 6, 2019 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Unlike some people, I’ve never had a religious experience, that moment of staggering clarity when one seems to connect with a higher power or become as one with the universe. …

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History / Lifestyle / Photography / Travel

Anzac Day Repost: Grandfather’s Bridge

April 25, 2019 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Note: I have originally published this long post two and a half ago, and since then it has become one of my and my readers’ favourite TDC stories. I have reposted …

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History

Was Polish American revolutionary hero a heroine?

April 5, 2019 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Pulaski Day, when the Polish-American community celebrates their Polish-Americaness annually and named after a Polish general who had died at Savannah in 1779, might have to be soon renamed Pulaska …

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History

Polish Ripper

March 18, 2019 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

They always find ways to blame the migrant: Jack the Ripper who stalked London more than 130 years ago was a demon barber with a taste for human flesh, according …

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polki
Politics

Chrenk Youth

February 11, 2019 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

As the Millennials the world over seem to be going ga-ga for socialism, there is one country that’s bucking the trend: In Poland, the young generation’s shift to the right …

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poland-italy
Politics

Italians betray Germany for the third time

January 10, 2019 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

May or may not be a good idea, but Italy invoking the term “axis” in regards to any diplomatic arrangement should arguably be avoided: The most powerful politician in Italy …

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Lifestyle

The Daily Chrenk’s Best Proverbs From Around The World, Part 3

December 23, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Dedicated to my uncle Stanislaw from Lodz, Poland, who is the biggest fan of the series so far. Nevertheless, I hope that all of you will find something insightful and …

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wolyn
Culture / History

Wolyn

December 4, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

If you are after a truly harrowing movie experience (perhaps as an antidote to the over-cheery Christmas spirit) of the kind that’s just not produced by Hollywood, I can recommend …

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Politics

Three Decades Down Under

November 30, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Thirty years an Aussie. I’m celebrating today, not sure if Australia is. Does that now, in my advanced age, make me two thirds Australian and one third Polish? So twice …

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History

The nun who saved a Jewish hero

November 22, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Last week, a 110-year old Dominican nun, Sister Cecilia Roszak, passed away in my home town of Krakow, in the same convent she first walked into almost 90 years before. …

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poland3
History / Politics

Happy 100th birthday Poland

November 11, 2018November 11, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

My grandmother Irena passed away a few weeks ago, having recently, without much fanfare, turned 100. She was my grandfather’s second wife, after my mother’s mother passed away when my …

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barbey1
History / Lifestyle / Photography / Travel

This was my Poland

October 29, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Make sure to check out this stunning collection of photographs: In the early 1980s, while Gdansk and Warsaw were in the midst of a sociopolitical upheaval of great impact on …

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totalitarian1
History / Politics

Dear Resistance, listen to my lived totalitarian experience – you have no effing idea what you’re talking about

October 22, 2018October 24, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

In a world that the identity politics has wrought, lived experience is a trump (apologies for the use of a triggering word) card: your viewpoint or opinion on an issue …

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Politics

As a 1/512,000th Mongol, I sympathise with Elizabeth Warren

October 16, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

People have been telling stories and myths about their ancestors from the time immemorial; in fact the importance of knowing where you come from has been a universal attribute of …

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widok1
Lifestyle / Politics

Screw Brutalism

October 11, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

“The New York Times” asks the questions no one needs to ask, much less answer: The short answer is “No”, or at least it should be the answer. There is …

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Culture / Politics

Happy 70,000,058th birthday, the Flintstones!

October 1, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

On September 30, 1960, at 8:30 PM, ABC network aired the first episode of Hanna-Barbera-produced “The Flintstones”. The late broadcast hour was a recognition that initially “The Flintstones” were made …

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poland2
Politics

Congratulations Poland, you’ve made it!

September 26, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

It’s been a rather rough three centuries for this formerly largest and one of the most powerful countries in Europe. During its golden age, Poland – or the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth …

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