Gordon Campbell on abortion’s role in the US election
Yesterday, America moved decisively to the right not only politically, but socially and economically. This rightwards shift was evident not merely in the red states […]
Gordon Campbell on America’s fear of foreigners
Mike King’s latest comments about the relationship between alcohol and mental health – according to King, alcohol does more good than harm – raises red […]
Gordon Campbell on why so many young males like Donald Trump
ByTo foreigners, the fact that so many millions of Americans are buying the used and poisonous goods that Donald Trump is selling is an unfathomable [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell on dissing Wellington, and Porridge Radio
ByNational has never forgiven Wellington – or its public servants – for voting for Labour and the Greens. (Red-blooded Kiwis work in the private sector.) [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell on the Three Strikes cycle of failure
ByWe all know the “tough on crime” approach is only a stop gap measure at best, and that a justice model based on incarceration doesn’t [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell on the language of healthcare, and Mink DeVille
BySo far, the Great Multi-lingual Healthcare Crisis has passed by without any damage to life, or to limbs. To date, no-one appears to have mistaken [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell on Conservative ghosts, Holly Arrowsmith and Fazerdaze
ByClearly, Israel is intent on de-populating Gaza for Israeli re-settlement, and is using military force as a form of state terrorism to depopulate swathes of [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Luxon Living In Denial About His Privilege
ByIn the same week that food banks have been forced to close for lack of government support, Auditor-General John Ryan has slammed the process by [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell on The Coalition’s Fast-tracked Speed Dates With Property Developers
ByOn the weekend, Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop admitted that not everyone will “like” his fast track wish-list, before adding: “We are a government that does [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell on the perils of Israel’s war fever
ByIsrael seems on the brink of achieving the war with Iran that Benjamin Netanyahu has been trying all year to provoke. Until now, Iran had [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell on the Dunedin hospital fiasco
ByThe word “blow-out” is such a politically loaded term. It carries a strong whiff of extravagance and incompetence. In fact, and with public health budgets [...] Read More »
On The Government’s Bizarre Hostility To A Capital Gains Tax
ByOyez oyez, CEO Antonia Watson, CEO of the biggest bank in New Zealand has come out in favour of a capital gains tax! Actually, this is not a daring new idea. Over the past three decades the IMF, the World Bank, the expert Tax Working Group and most mainstream economists have all treated our lack of a capital gains tax as a globally unusual flaw in our tax system, and harmful to this country’s prosperity. Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Nicola Willis’ Perverse Hostility To Working From Home
ByWork-in-the-office mandates? Hell yes, Finance Minister Nicola Willis is all for them. Given half the chance, she believes, “some people but not all” will just skive off, otherwise. Willis is happy to barge in and tell departmental heads how ... Read More »
On New Zealand’s Timid Reluctance To Tax The Rich
By“Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to [...] Read More »