Gordon Campbell On The Public Service Chainsaw Massacre
According to Finance Minister Nicola Willis, trashing the public service (“an old clunky system” says Willis, a “make work scheme” says Christopher Luxon, “a job […]
Gordon Campbell On Classic Children’s Books: Badger’s Parting Gifts
ByEvery Friday, Werewolf is re-publishing some essays about classic children’s book, that I began writing in 2009. This essay on Badger’s Parting Gifts has been [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Pauline Hanson’s Rise, And The TOP Renaissance
ByRoutinely in politics, there is a double standard for outrage. The same people who regarded Jacinda Ardern as a jackbooted tyrant seem to be quite [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On How US Courts Are Helping Donald Trump Steal The Mid-Terms
ByThe world has been quietly hoping and praying that the Republicans will lose control of the lower House or Senate – or both – in [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Children’s Book Classics: The Moomins
ByAbout 15 years ago on Werewolf, I started writing a series of articles about classic children’s books. Over the next few months, these articles will [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The Political Panic Over Immigration
ByIn the wake of WW2, immigration policy was driven by a mixture of compassion for the refugees of war, and by a less admirable desire [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The Risks Of AI In The Workplace
ByClearly, last year’s fears of a stockmarket “AI bubble” have long gone. AI firms and related stocks are now being treated as the backbone of [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The FTA With India
ByLabour finally came down off the fence last week and agreed to give National the votes required to get the free trade deal with India [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The Lifeline Thrown To Christopher Luxon
ByThe National Party caucus seems to have a death wish. In increasingly “uncertain and volatile times,” it has placed all its bets on the guy [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On New Zealand’s Luxon Liability
ByThe National Party caucus has got itself into in a real bind. For weeks, their Cabinet Ministers and MPs have had their work cut out [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The Government’s Zombie Shuffle Into A Fuel Crisis
ByThe US rationale for the blockade/entire war is that Iran must never, ever be allowed to have a nuclear weapon and that Iran has always [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The Rise And Fall Of Hungary’s Viktor Orban
ByHungary has made its mark before on the world stage. (Composer: Bela Bartok; ballpoint pen inventor: Laszlo Biro; national dish: goulash.) Even so, why did [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Australia’s Failing R16 Social Media Ban
BySo that you can tell the grandkids…I hope you know where you were yesterday around noon, for what US President Donald Trump called “one of [...] Read More »