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Larceny, Lace and the Legislature
Does the public realise it is funding the racier reading habits of its MPs?
Library Carnage in David Cameron’s Big Society
Observations on free market fundamentalism, by the author of the His Dark Materials series
From The Hood : You Have Been Mooned
The Lunacy of Earthquake Satire
Left Coasting : On Edge
Earthquakes, insurance and building codes – home, and away
Getting Under Sail
Tripping on the Third World, a book excerpt
Classics : The Indian in the Cupboard (1981)
Indians are people, too
Milestone Movies : Black Swan (2010)
In giving your life to art, the dying is the easy part
The Complicatist : Look Ma, No Words
Doing it lyrically, but without lyrics
Cartoon Alley : Reviews and commentary #21… Tim Bollinger
Comix Reviews (Part 1) Tim Bollinger : A brief history of the New Zealand graphic novel, Ant Sang – ‘Shaolin Burning’, Garo
Cartoon Alley : Reviews and commentary #22… Tim Bollinger
Comix Reviews (Part 1) Tim Bollinger : ‘Vampires’ by Osamu Tezuka – French edition, Joe Daly
Cartoon Alley : Reviews and commentary #23… Gordon Campbell
My Favourite Cartoons (this month) by Gordon Campbell
* * * * * WEREWOLF ISSUE 20, February 2011 * * * * *
The February 2011 Edition of Werewolf
On Japan’s nuclear crisis, and more welfare rumblings
Illustration by Tim Denee – www.timdenee.com The nuclear crisis in Japan is a textbook example of why government regulation is essential for public safety. According […]
On Pike River, shifting RWC games, Libya
Nearly four months after the Pike River disaster, the mine’s unpaid contractors are still waiting for the promised government support package to be unveiled. The […]
On the Simon Power resignation
2009 image: werewolf » Doing the Transtasman tango Reportedly, the decision by Justice Minister Simon Power to quit politics at the next election has stunned […]
On Bill English’s attempt to politicize the earthquake response, plus the Rugby World Cup
Images: People Gather at Parliament for Moment of Silence Much of the inspirational rhetoric surrounding the Christchurch earthquake has had a genuine “We’re all in […]
On New Zealand’s links with Muammar Ghaddafi
As Libya’s dictator Muammar Ghadaffi continues to murder and terrorise his people in an attempt to cling onto power, surely Education Minister Anne Tolley will […]
On the Welfare Working Group final report
Bureaucrats and academics tend to enjoy playing God with the lives of the vulnerable – but evidently, even the Welfare Working Group members couldn’t agree […]
Gordon Campbell on the prelude to the welfare reform package
At his post-Cabinet press conference yesterday PM John Key identified the root cause of the unrest in Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain and Libya in terms that […]
On taxing purchases from Amazon, and Egypt
The current problems facing the retail book trade – and music stores – in New Zealand will increase the pressure on Revenue Minister Peter Dunne […]
Ten Myths About Welfare
The politics behind the government’s welfare reform process
Letter from America : Four Days in Washington DC
A Long Walk Down Memory Lane…
Treasury Enters, Stage Right
Treasury, not trade unions, poses the biggest threat to film industry jobs
Milestone Movies : The Searchers (1956)
John Wayne, antihero
From The Hood : “John Key PM” Wins 2011 Walters Prize For Modern Art?
Is he a natural clown or the nation’s greatest conceptual artist?
Celebrating “Meh”
Indifference is an option
Classics : The Cricket In Times Square (1960)
Authors who write for children are people, too.
The Complicatist : Lost Soul Classics, Old and New
How did Shreveport, Louisiana get to be the unknown soul capital of America?
Cartoon Alley : Reviews and commentary #20… Tim Bollinger
Some Recent New Zealand Comic Publication