Politics

Hubris: excessive pride towards or defiance, leading to nemesis.

I was there on July 7, 1916 when the Labour Party was officially formed.

I’m a big defender of our media. I’ve copped some flak for it, but I think that on the whole our…

By New New Zealand News correspondent Charles Harrison In a belligerent press conference, John Key has admitted he isn’t sure what the GCSB…

It takes a lot to make me write about current events. Usually because I’m not a creative thinker

Scientists trapped in record Antarctic sea ice retracing voyage of 100 years ago. What has happened to global warming? — Robin…

The first thing that you have to understand about military spending in America is that we have to spend that money.

So, hasn’t Eleanor Catton made a bit of a splash. In 18 months she’s gone from Cultural Golden Girl, praised by…

For the sake of argument, let’s say that you are a 56-year-old lobbyist for the Chamber of Commerce, which is a…

I’ve just returned from Australia for Wellington Anniversary weekend and it struck me how honesty seems to be a one way…

If we don’t continue to publish cartoons of Mohammad then the terrorists will have won!

John and I had been hanging out a lot. In fact he’d been coming over to our house pretty regularly since…

On the afternoon the Martin Place Siege was happening, I tweeted the following (and no, don’t worry, it’s not flippant):

By Scott Milne There has been quite a bit of discussion about the role of the press, and some on the…

She’s pretty much everyone’s favourite Labour MP. Despite all the in-fighting and muck-raking and general ickiness that has beset the Labour party

Andrew Little is straight up and down. He’s a man of no bullshit. What you see is what you get. He’ll…

So the election of Andrew Little was met with a wailing of teeth from my Twitter feed.

American Political Batshit: An Explanation by Adam Dawson