Gordon Campbell on NZ as an escape hatch for US survivalists
Nice to see that former Internal Affairs Minister Nathan Guy has regained his memory about signing off on Peter Thiel’s bid for citizenship.
Nice to see that former Internal Affairs Minister Nathan Guy has regained his memory about signing off on Peter Thiel’s bid for citizenship.
Shame that the New Zealand government has been missing in action over the weekend, during the time when the Trump presidency has been carrying out […]
The Triumph of Trump.
Already, the White House has made it clear that the media are the new enemy that the new President’s supporters will be encouraged to unite against.
Team of charlatans, bigots and stunningly ignorant crackpots that Trump is appointing to head key federal agencies is alarming.
I repeat the best after you, everyone says so.
I figure if this guy can write an inauguration poem, anyone can.
For many on the centre-left, populism is a dirty word, and shorthand for the politics of bigotry.
With hindsight, it is fascinating that so many mainstream news outlets chose not to publish the dossier for so long.
The GOP’s post-election “UNIFIED.” tweet glossed over a few significant issues.
Primarily, Meryl Streep’s critical speech last night at the Golden Globes was a defence of journalism and of journalists.
The UN resolution has been one of the most high profile achievements of our diplomacy on the world stage for many years.
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, […]
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.
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 […]
There’s no getting away from the fact that Trump’s victory makes the world a more dangerous place.
Once again at the business end of a US election, the result will hinge on the same old bits of geography as always
“The Cubs Have A Smaller Chance Of Winning Than Trump Does”
Yet as we now know…yesterday, the Chicago Cubs concluded their incredible World Series comeback run with an 8-7 victory
John Quiggin’s argument on market experiments seems especially relevant to this country at a time.
Having belatedly advised Havelock North about the pollution of their water supply, local authorities seem to prematurely see light at the end of the tunnel
Back in the 1990s, central bankers were like kings.
That least some of the Chiefs thought they had a licence for inappropriate sexual touching says a lot about entitlement and rugby in New Zealand.
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a red nose jammed onto a human face – forever.
The commentariat tends to treat politics as boxing – the public, however, seem to experience politics as the static pageant of a wrestling match
Can there really be there any link between the US presidential elections and yesterday’s RBNZ signals on interest rates and the NZ dollar? Well, maybe. […]
Or…Trump as a disaster for neo-liberalism
The changes in the global climate are as extreme as the US presidential season
Immigration has become a polarising issue in the 2016 US election campaign
Under the pier, down by the sea…
Copyright © 2025 | WordPress Theme by MH Themes