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How Many Children and Young People?
Our systems are failing us – the doctors, the coroners, the police, Medsafe, the Ministry of Health, our politicians, the wider judiciary and the media. It is up to ordinary, decent New Zealanders who care about the future of this country to make a noise.
Just Repeal and Undo
The longstanding, established parties of the right need to start repealing and undoing – or get out of the way so that the Paulines of the world can have a go.
Who’s Making You Sweat – and Why?
A spotlight on the Burnett Foundation’s upcoming ‘fundraiser’ that is much more than it appears.
Sherman Tanks...
But still snares lamestream media’s Political Journalist of the Year award.
A Reflection on Sacrifice, Brotherhood and the American Ideal
Jesse Brown believed in America long before America fully believed in him. And then he gave his life for it.
Finding Sympathy for Karl Marx
The founder of Marxism once wrote movingly about faith and virtue before taking what his own father feared might be a “Faustian” turn toward revolution and resentment.
The Art of the Eschatological Deal
If the belief is your suffering and destruction is good because it leads to the End Days, while other Arab countries pour hundreds of billions into modernising cities and nations with a view to a prosperous future, then that adds another reason for Arabs to be happy to see the end of the regime.
When Recognition Requires No Responsibility
This imbalance does not advance peace. It entrenches dysfunction and systems that structurally reward political dysfunction rarely produce functional political outcomes.
Nash, Cabinet Confidentiality and Peters’ Standards
Has misconduct stopped mattering, or is it another case of amnesia?
