On the Chris Carter fiasco
Click for big version If Chris Carter’s recent trip to Tibet was in search of spiritual enlightenment, he will have come back with a ready […]
July 2010
John Key Gets In Touch With His Feminine Side
Using a softline pitch to women, to sell hardline policies
Teen Sex Takes A Break
For most teens, the Hookup Culture doesn’t seem to be happening
Chicken Broth For An Ailing Economy
An interview with NZIER chief economist Shamubeel Eaqub, about how to nurture this frail economy through its convalescence
I Saw Saw
One intrepid writer watches the six Saw movies one after the other, so that you won’t have to
Milestone Movies: Birth of a Nation (1915)
Should the racism in Birth of a Nation disqualify it from being considered as great art?
Classics: Toy Story 3 (2010) & Peabody (1983)
Did you betray your toys?
From the Hood: Striking Comedy Gold
Government To Mine Rich Vein Of Irony
Talking Sport : The Tour de France, 2010
Sportsmanship survives in the most unlikely of places
The Complicatist : Climb Every Mountie
Reasons not to sneer at the home of Celine Dion
Cartoon Alley: Reviews and commentary #10… Tim Bollinger
Great moments in my recent comic reading history
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The June 2010 Edition of Werewolf
On the despicable decision on blood alcohol driving limits
Yesterday’s non-decision on the alcohol limit has underlined once again that the Key government is not interested in governing for the benefit of New Zealand […]
On Haiti, as the hurricanes arrive
Six months after the Haiti earthquake, only a trickle of the $10 billion in aid that had been pledged by dozens of countries and multilateral […]
On the mining backdown
The government’s formal capitulation ( due later today) on the mining of Schedule Four conservation land is a smashing victory for the public – one […]
On the making of The Hobbit
Given that successive governments have identified the film industry as a prime catalyst of the knowledge economy, you might have expected more local media attention […]
On the Waihopai ‘Claim of Right’ Defence, and Arming the Police
Jump to ‘Reduce Violence : Arm the Police. Yeah, right.’ Usually when the public feels outraged by an acquittal in a high profile trial, the […]
On the ideology behind state spending cuts, and the Bethune aftermath
Clearly, the cuts to government spending are being driven by ideology and not by the state of the economy. Yesterday’s figures revealed a government deficit […]
On John Key getting us mixed up in Australia’s problems with asylum seekers
Click for big version Asylum seekers? We’ve been here before under a National-led government. In 1999, the then-Immigration Minister Tuariki Delamere used the spectre of […]
On why our business leaders continue to believe in the confidence fairy
(Also: On Vincent Ward) Given the poor economic data from the United States in June, the Reserve Bank obviously needs to halt the upward march […]
On The Jackson Film Commission review
So the long awaited, year-in-the-making blockbuster review of the Film Commission has finally been delivered by Sir Peter Jackson and David Court, and is now […]
On Julia Gillard, and Simon Power
Julia Gillard’s ascent to the top job in Australia will face its first major policy test in the next fortnight, as she will have to […]