Gordon Campbell on the US election home stretch
Once again at the business end of a US election, the result will hinge on the same old bits of geography as always
Once again at the business end of a US election, the result will hinge on the same old bits of geography as always
“The Cubs Have A Smaller Chance Of Winning Than Trump Does”
Yet as we now know…yesterday, the Chicago Cubs concluded their incredible World Series comeback run with an 8-7 victory
Here’s this morning’s latest take on the TPP’s chances of survival. They’re not good.
The shockwaves from Uber’s defeat last week in a British court have reportedly already begun to wash up here in New Zealand with some local drivers thinking of taking a similar class action.
Arguably, the last thing New Zealand needs is for the current levels of dairy production to return to profitability anytime soon.
John Key’s rationale for refusing to throw the state’s resources behind reducing child poverty is the lamest excuse since “The dog ate my homework.”
John Quiggin’s argument on market experiments seems especially relevant to this country at a time.
New Zealand is currently chairing the 15 person Security Council for the last time during our two year term on the Council.
Reportedly, beneficiary parents who refuse to disclose the intimate details of their child’s conception stand to have their benefits substantially docked.
Automation is starting to wipe out millions of the jobs in the footwear and garment sweatshops of Asia
The truly irritating aspect of the government’s response to the Auckland housing crisis is its insistence merely cranking up the housing supply will bring prices down
A few interesting international stories that have largely flown beneath the radar this past week
Even as they were being built, Rio’s Olympic projects were already starting to collapse…
It will take six months for us to even find out if anyone has yet laid an anti-dumping complaint about China’s steel dumping
Having belatedly advised Havelock North about the pollution of their water supply, local authorities seem to prematurely see light at the end of the tunnel
“War on drugs in sport” has become a proxy version of the Cold War, fixated on Russia.
The proposed new pricing regime will impose energy costs on the Kawerau mill that will be at least double their entire annual profits last year.
An Olympic medal is starting to feel less like a reward for ruthless competitive excellence, and more like a school competitions where everyone goes home with a prize.
Hopefully, the unions will not lie down and meekly accept yesterday’s Court of Appeal ruling on the employment status of support worker Janet Lowe.
The commentariat tends to treat politics as boxing – the public, however, seem to experience politics as the static pageant of a wrestling match
An IOC blanket ban on Russian athletes would have been marked contrast to its treatment of the track and field team from Kenya
Can there really be there any link between the US presidential elections and yesterday’s RBNZ signals on interest rates and the NZ dollar? Well, maybe. […]
Decrees include no further negative news about the President and an end to camera angles that made him ‘look shorter’.
The ongoing struggle against the Mugabe dictatorship
Why Britain’s new Tory PM is talking about inequality
Voter turnout is being actively suppressed in this year’s US elections
The current Key/McClay expedition to the UK and Europe looks decidedly peculiar.
On Brexit, the Europeans clearly want Britain to get on with it, but no British politician seems willing to step up
Now that it has woken up from its Brexit victory hangover, is Britain acting as if it has just won the World Cup? Hardly.
…And Other Notes On The Looming Aussie Election
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