The Warning That We Didn’t Heed
Maybe, before simply assuming that every change represented progress, we should take another look at what we’ve left behind.
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Will It Be Bolsonaro the Younger?
Flávio Bolsonaro aims for the Brazilian presidency.
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This Is a Fragile Recovery
A debate is raging over the state of New Zealand’s economy, as we head towards the election. Some say a recovery is well underway, while others claim it remains in crisis. Both can’t be right, so let’s see what the data shows. But first, some background. When
One Picture
There’s a big difference between mediocre electoral conjuring and genuine political magic.
Free Speech for Me, but Not for Thee Is Free Speech for No One
The High Court is set to rule on the free speech rights of neo-Nazis.
An Agenda Drives the MAPAS
For all the talk about mirroring demographics and countering disadvantage, race-based entry programmes to our medical schools rest on a highly contested political ideology of separatism that, for obvious reasons, is rarely presented to the general public as its underlying rationale.
Proudest Legacy. Selective Memory.
They invented the scheme, waited for National’s homework, forced the boss, softened the worker and skipped the cut they cried about.
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At the time of the 2025 burglary, Yates had just served a sentence of home detention for other burglaries and was still subject to release conditions. Yates was sentenced to two years and nine months’ imprisonment.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… refuge (noun, verb) - noun 1: shelter or protection from danger or distress 2: a place that provides shelter or protection 3: something to which one has recourse in difficulty verb : to give refuge to : to seek or take refuge Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : The re-