Thinking Smart and Dumb About Flat Earth
By introducing a false binary, you can easily steer people to the next logical conclusion, like redirecting a river.
Politics
Everything about politics
This Judge Needs to Be Sacked
A drunk dud judge attacks Winston Peters at a private function, and she’s in charge of the Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment Court!
The Need to Make Bigger Cuts
The government has been fiddling around the edges; the opposition are living in cloud cuckoo land as they moan about cuts.
Denmark Passes the World’s First ‘Fart Tax’
Cow farts are a distraction and the joke’s on us. The Danish tax is a significant step toward the state ownership of the means of production. The issue is essentially about control.
The Pigs at the Trough Are Squealing
If we axed all of the researchers who have received funding in the past six years then I suspect that not a tear would be shed by voters, and the universities wouldn’t miss them either.
The Slater Plan – How to Fix the Ferry Problem
This is sure to succeed: it ticks all the necessary boxes, will get the support of the opposition and provides a real, sustainable solution.
