Chris Trotter
Known principally for his political commentaries in The Dominion Post, The ODT, The Press and the late, lamented Independent, and for "No Left Turn", his 2007 history of the Left/Right struggle in NZ.
Looking Back
Is it wrong to look back with nostalgia to a time when young people still had faith in the future?
There Are How Many Fingers?
Requiring people to see things that aren’t there is neither reasonable nor progressive.
All Good, Sweet As
The Pākehā Guilt Conspiracy: “Real New Zealanders” know all the words to “Kumbaya” – and can sing it in te reo, too!
Top Down Leftism
From the authoritarian ‘kindness’ of the contemporary left deliver us, O Lord!
They Are Holding Back the Revolution
For the past three years, the coalition has acted as a political dam. Pray that it doesn’t break.
Civilisation Is Shrinking Our Brains
Civilisation is the glittering shell humans have created to protect them from the downward trajectory of their own evolution.
On Digging Out the Elites
Dislodging ruling elites generally requires a revolution, and revolutions require revolutionaries.
On Uniting and Dividing
That wonderfully emollient assertion: “There will always be more that unites us than divides us,” is no longer true – if it ever was.
Now They’re Reaping the Whirlwind
The only surprising thing about the abolition of the Broadcasting Standards Authority is that it caught so many people by surprise.
Political Jokes and Footpath Prophecies
Why is NZ First the only party willing to call a spade a tsunami of butter chicken?
Keeping Our Opinions to Ourselves
A citizenry trained to keep ‘problematic’ opinions to themselves swiftly learns to deliver responses that conceal as much as they reveal.