Gordon Campbell On National’s Long Whimper Of Discontent
Christopher Luxon went into and came out of today’s special caucus meeting as damaged goods. If survival is to be counted as winning, it has […]
Gordon Campbell On Tom’s Midnight Garden By Philippa Pearce
ByThis week’s essay on classic children’s books features Philippa Pearce’s great YA novel about memory and loss. The image of Ely Cathedral is from circa [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Christopher Luxon’s No Good, Very Bad Fortnight
ByDecades ago, the Washington Post ran a carton showing White House advisors gibbering in terror backstage as a beaming Ronald Reagan suddenly looked away from [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On A Week Of Luxon And Peters, Unhinged
ByNewsflash: PM Christopher Luxon does not take any responsibility for the condition in which the New Zealand economy currently finds itself. Not his problem. He’s [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The Hunger Games By Suzanne Collins
ByThe Werewolf essays on classic children’s books focusses this week on Suzanne Collins’ trilogy about war’s on children True, it may seem weird to try [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On National’s Rejection Of Opportunity
ByEarlier this week, when Christopher Luxon ruled out forming any government with Opportunity, it was like the ugly kid in class suddenly announcing that he’s [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The Americanisation Of Our Public Health System
BySoaring temperatures, bigger storms, more lightning strikes hitting tinder-dry conditions. Wildfires in Canada, France, ad Spain. Could climate change possibly be to blame? Not according [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Homecoming By Cynthia Voigt
ByThe Werewolf series of essays on classic children’s books focusses this week on Cynthia Voigt’s great story of a young girl’s resourcefulness, against the odds. [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The Centre-Right’s Attempt To Steal The Election
ByPeople with more wealth enjoy better health, and their children get a head start in life. Pretty obvious, really. Yet criticism of this state of [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell on the World Cup final, and Defence double standards in the Pacific
ByWell, the football World Cup is over and the good guys won, geo-politically speaking. Meaning: Spain was the first European country to officially join the [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell on Mrs Frisby and The Rats of NIMH
ByThis week, the Werewolf series of essays on classic children’s literature turns the spotlight onto Robert C. O’Brien’s book about one family’s encounter with genetic [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Why Professional Sport Needs Strong Unions
ByTrue to form, US President Donald Trump has found a way to try and monetise the war he launched against Iran. Trump is proposing to [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Abel’s Island, By William Steig
ByMore than anything else, Abel’s Island is a tale about love enduring through peril. It is also about the beauty of solitude. Over the course [...] Read More »