One unfortunate side effect of “personality politics” is that when prominent politicians die, the niceties we observe at the death of private individuals get extended to them as well.
Some would querulously ask, zero net carbon emissions by 2050 – while others would say, why not?
Three more years of business as usual is the real risk.
Rex Tillerson will be welcomed in style – even though he could fairly be called the least influential person in decades to hold the post.
Naturally, Trump has framed his decision as a patriotic duty. Yet the withdrawal will do next to nothing to restore American jobs and communities.
The changes in the global climate are as extreme as the US presidential season
Somehow, the ‘need” for belt tightening – or of stemming the rise in income inequality – just goes right out the window at this time […]
Offhand, its hard to think of a more cynical example of political opportunism than the requirement that solo parents will now need to re-apply for […]
For sheer style, humour and content fit for purpose, it would be hard to beat yesterday’s Greenpeace protest at Parliament. The fact that the hanging […]
The spread of market mechanisms into every facet of life – as health, education and the environment get treated as mere commodities – has seen […]
Yesterday, the Guardian published a long, fascinating account of the infighting and tactical manoeuvring within Ed Miliband’s UK Labour leadership team during the last eighteen […]
No doubt, the new Green Party co-leader James Shaw will be on the receiving end of a ton of advice in the coming weeks about […]
Are we being intimidated into silence about everything that matters?
Running a few ideas up the flagpole to see if anyone repeatedly chops them down
Having media crews in a disaster zone can help to (a) pinpoint areas of need and (b) provide some re-assurance to the victims that the […]
Climate change and the failure of frat boy politics
Got a political problem? Add water, and look lively
Its lonely at the top, but the view is grand
As if royals are in charge of anything these days.
Just because you’re educated doesn’t mean you’re not an idiot
A (truncated) interview with climate change guru Dr. James Hansen
Click to enlarge Playing the race card is one of those claims that is meant to shut down any further debate, and Phil Goff knew […]
Over the past 30 years, the public has regularly been treated as laboratory rats for this or that ideological hobby horse of government. Crash on […]
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