That’s The Way You Do It
As the President continues trying to throw the immigrant-and-refugee baby out with the bathwater, there is increasing attention on the man behind the curtain.
Donald Trump
Gordon Campbell on the Bill English phone call, La La Land, and jazz
The reality is that the President enjoys sweeping powers under the Immigration and Nationality Act
Gordon Campbell on Thiel, and the sympatico between Peters and English
We got a less manicured and truer picture of Bill English at yesterday’s press conference
Gordon Campbell on the government’s (lack of a) response to Trump
It is unfortunate, but hardly a surprise that Bill English and his Cabinet colleagues should have been left gormlessly uncertain about the impact of the […]
Gordon Campbell on NZ as an escape hatch for US survivalists
Nice to see that former Internal Affairs Minister Nathan Guy has regained his memory about signing off on Peter Thiel’s bid for citizenship.
Gordon Campbell on NZ’s silence over Trump’s anti-Muslim agenda
Shame that the New Zealand government has been missing in action over the weekend, during the time when the Trump presidency has been carrying out […]
Donald Trump: “For The Most Beautiful”
The Triumph of Trump.
Gordon Campbell on journalism’s future in the era of “alternative facts.”
Already, the White House has made it clear that the media are the new enemy that the new President’s supporters will be encouraged to unite against.
Gordon Campbell on the team behind the throne
Team of charlatans, bigots and stunningly ignorant crackpots that Trump is appointing to head key federal agencies is alarming.
Transcript: Donald Trump Takes The Presidential Oath
I repeat the best after you, everyone says so.
A Small Ode on a Trump Inauguration Poem
I figure if this guy can write an inauguration poem, anyone can.
Gordon Campbell on populism and Labour 2017
For many on the centre-left, populism is a dirty word, and shorthand for the politics of bigotry.
Gordon Campbell on the ethics of publishing the Trump dossier
With hindsight, it is fascinating that so many mainstream news outlets chose not to publish the dossier for so long.
“UNIFIED.” Or, Ignoring the Elephant in the Room
The GOP’s post-election “UNIFIED.” tweet glossed over a few significant issues.
Gordon Campbell on Meryl Streep’s speech
Primarily, Meryl Streep’s critical speech last night at the Golden Globes was a defence of journalism and of journalists.
Gordon Campbell on the UN resolution on Palestine
The UN resolution has been one of the most high profile achievements of our diplomacy on the world stage for many years.
Gordon Campbell on Vladimir Putin’s wonderful, fabulous, very good year
Safe to say that no-one, but no-one has had a better 2016 than Vladimir Putin. What an annus mirabilis it has been for him. Somehow, […]
Gordon Campbell on the media normalisation of Trump
We all supposedly agree that the media is going to hell in a tabloid handbasket, but the trends to the contrary can be a bit harder to spot.
Gordon Campbell on trade, Trump and Steve Bannon
As APEC leaders get together this weekend in Peru, they could be forgiven for looking back nostalgically at Barack Obama’s time in office and wondering […]
Gordon Campbell on the US election outcome
There’s no getting away from the fact that Trump’s victory makes the world a more dangerous place.
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
Gordon Campbell on news from the US election eve
“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
Gordon Campbell on privatising education, and the Amen Break
John Quiggin’s argument on market experiments seems especially relevant to this country at a time.
Gordon Campbell on Havelock North’s water issues, and extreme vetting
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
Gordon Campbell on the Impotence of the Reserve Bank
Back in the 1990s, central bankers were like kings.
Gordon Campbell on rugby’s sense of entitlement
That least some of the Chiefs thought they had a licence for inappropriate sexual touching says a lot about entitlement and rugby in New Zealand.
From the Hood : The Second Time as Farce
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a red nose jammed onto a human face – forever.
Gordon Campbell on why the opinion polls for Key and Trump defy gravity
The commentariat tends to treat politics as boxing – the public, however, seem to experience politics as the static pageant of a wrestling match
Gordon Campbell on the Reserve Bank, the UN shortlist, and Trump
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. […]
Republican tribalism
Or…Trump as a disaster for neo-liberalism