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.
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Gordon Campbell on the politics of boredom
Last weekend’s Cabinet shuffle of the same old names around a few different chairs didn’t tell us much.
Gordon Campbell on the Murray McCully exit
Leaving has been his finest gift to caucus, and to the nation. Would that it had been done sooner, but welcome that it be done at all.
Gordon Campbell on the Fairfax/NZME merger
Elsewhere in the world, media cutbacks and consolidation haven’t exactly ushered in a bright new era of more diverse, more substantial news coverage.
Gordon Campbell on the new team’s potential Cabinet picks
Gordon Campbell on the new team’s potential Cabinet picks Things will be just the same, but really, really different! Its so exciting! Bill English is […]
Gordon Campbell on the National leadership “contest”
Key’s endorsement of English has turned this “contest” into a race for second place.
Gordon Campbell on the Key resignation
The resignation of John Key is one thing. The way that Key and his deputy Bill English have screwed the scrum on the leadership succession […]
Gordon Campbell on India’s huge socio-economic experiment
Without much coverage at all in the West, India has just been engaged for the past few weeks in one of the world’s biggest socio-economic […]
Gordon Campbell on Anne Tolley’s callous folly
Last week’s conflict between Social Development Minister Anne Tolley and District Court judge Carolyn Henwood illustrated quite a few of the flaws in the system.
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 death of Fidel Castro
New Zealand likes to think we played ourpart – via the 1981 Springbok tour – in bringing the apartheid regime in South Africa to an […]
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 the transport options, post earthquake
The configuration of rail, road and shipping likely to emerge in the longer term, post earthquake, still remains opaque.
Gordon Campbell on the government’s tax cuts fixation
Long before the earthquake hit, the dodginess of the government tax cuts programnme was evident in the language of its packaging.
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 Leonard Cohen
If Bob Dylan owned the 1960s, Leonard Cohen was an inescapable presence during the early 1970s.
Gordon Campbell on the Gareth Morgan crusade
One significant factor Morgan does have going for him is that doesn’t appear to regard success or failure in ordinary political terms.
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
‘The Thief That Steals Motherhood’
How do you tell someone you’ve thought about dropping your newborn on the floor?
‘But, I’m Not Depressed’
Why some women suffer from PND, how it should be treated, and even what to call it are far from settled issues.
Finding Someone Who ‘Gets It’
If the public health system can only help ‘the tip of the iceberg’ when it comes to post-natal depression, where are all the other women going?
Quick Facts and Links
Postnatal Depression facts and resources
Postnatal Depression: Audio – Women Tell Their Stories
Listen to rough-cut audio of women telling their stories
Safe Landings
Wellington Airport’s runway extension faces another legal challenge, on safety grounds
Gordon Campbell on the Surplus, And Bob Dylan
To quote the distinguished Nobel laureate, “Something is happening here, and you don’t know what it is, do you Mr Jones?”
Gordon Campbell on how the political centre is a mirage
Since the GFC, the myth of the centre ground has been amply documented.
Gordon Campbell on dairy farming, the battle for Mosul and drugs in sport
Arguably, the last thing New Zealand needs is for the current levels of dairy production to return to profitability anytime soon.
Gordon Campbell on child poverty, and John Coltrane
John Key’s rationale for refusing to throw the state’s resources behind reducing child poverty is the lamest excuse since “The dog ate my homework.”
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.