Guest Post
What’s the Point of Being a Minister?
It is little wonder that levels of trust in our politicians are so low that one increasingly hears New Zealanders saying they don’t want to vote for any of them.
Selling Food and Tyres on the News
Is the cheerleading of expensive eating an appropriate use of TV news time?
The Climate Mythology and Bias
This is a figure so small it’s effectively imperceptible and far below margins of error in any temperature that instruments measure. Less even than the effect that opening your fridge door for a few seconds has on the temperature in your whole house!
The Refusal To Investigate This
Not interviewing the complainant is the most fundamental investigative failure that there is. Not only that, but not a single one of the police officers who arrested me and lied about me was interviewed either. If I made errors of this magnitude at work I would lose my job.
Why Can’t the Public Decide Public Interest?
The disgraceful dropping of the Te Papa vandalism case.
Get a Grip
Give Luxon a break, and turn your jeers into cheers, because nobody’s perfect. If you tear down Luxon, you’re only helping the crazy left.
What Is It They Are All So Keen To Support?
Chris Bishop, David Seymour and even police.
Why We Love Holiday Rituals and Traditions
Dimitris Xygalatas University of Connecticut The mere thought of holiday traditions brings smiles to most people’s faces and elicits feelings of sweet anticipation and nostalgia. We can almost smell those candles, taste those special meals, and hear those familiar songs in our minds. Ritual marks some of the most
The Birth of the Classic English Christmas Dinner
Joan Fitzpatrick Loughborough University Charles Dickens popularised the traditional, English Christmas in 1843 in his novel A Christmas Carol, when Bob Cratchit and his family sit down on Christmas Day to eat a dinner of goose with mashed potatoes and apple sauce accompanied by sage and onion stuffing and followed
German Soldiers Made First Move in the Christmas Truce
William Keylor Boston University The Christmas Truce is no stranger to popular entertainment – 2014 more than any other as its 100th anniversary is marked. The famous moment when British and German soldiers climbed out of the trenches in peace on Christmas Day 1914 has been replicated and ruminated upon in