I Saw Saw
One intrepid writer watches the six Saw movies one after the other, so that you won’t have to
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Big Oil: Rigging the Game
Do we have the will – or ability – to deal with the oil multinationals ?
Sarah Palin Steals The ‘F’ Word
Feminism is what you do, not what you call yourself …
From Begging Bowl to Petri Dish
The frustrations of science funding in New Zealand
Volume Selling
Why are television commercials so loud?
When Tourists Turn Ugly
Does New Zealand sometimes reap what it has sown from its tourism promotion ?
When Regimes and Corporations Take Aim at Artists
Chevron Oil and the mullahs in Teheran reveal just how much they have in common
Calling out the catcallers
Everybody loses when it comes to the street harassment of women
Tie Me Salary Cap Down, Sport
Should there be any restraint of trade rules when it comes to sport?
Goodbye to the Iron Buffalo
The strange case of railroad photographer O. Winston Link
Closing The Books on Libraries
The current climate in local government, and the fate of libraries
Making the Final Call
The science of determining when life is over
Rodney Hide’s Wet, Hot Colorado Dream
How the Supercity will ratchet down spending on public services
Musings on Beauty
Feeling bad about your beautiful body
Do the Right Thing
Everywhere else, countries recognise the need to exempt food from GST
Hating Obama, Scorning Rudd
Why have they become so unpopular so quickly ?
Womad under pressure
Can the world music festival survive in its current format and location?
Loss Leader
Is Doug McKay really the leader that Auckland needs?
Valuing The Young
The right’s ideological crusade to bring back youth rates
Settling For Less
Does the media distort our understanding of Treaty issues ?
Handwriting’s premature demise
Computers have not killed handwriting (yet)
Counting Down to Oscar Time
Those Hollywood liberals are SO darn conservative
Playing Aussie Rules on Defence
Why the Rapid Reaction Force would do more harm than good to the ANZAC spirit
Shaping Up To Fight
Will the new White Paper on Defence raise the chances of us getting involved in other peoples’ wars?
The Real Three Strikes: Mad, Sad and Bad
Using common sense would be a welcome change for our criminal justice system …
Living by the Code
The mixed blessings of commercial gene testing
The Jesus Cringe
The etiquette of fessing up to being Christian + a reply to reader feedback from the author
Welcome to the Jobless Recovery
GDP growth without jobs is no recovery at all
Owning Upwards
How workers in Argentina have taken over failing firms, and turned them around
Legends of the Lost
Why John Key and the Buckle tax review should continue to ignore Don Brash