Knights & Dames
There is plenty about our new government to analyse, not least the fragility of its two wings. We have a Maori Party claiming a mandate that far exceeds the fractiously stark reality of just how few...
View ArticleOde To Hunter S. Thompson
I’ve had the dreaded lurgy for a week. Rugged up at home my companion has been Hunter S.read more
View ArticleThe problem of partisan noise
The only way to start this column is by admitting I’m part of the problem, with the problem being defined as the sheer noise of democratic discourse in contemporary society complicating attempts at...
View ArticleThe Beltway Blues: Random Thoughts from Inside the Bubble
The first week of our new government has been highly instructive. Given nine years to think about its approach to governing, and given the same period to learn from Labour’s mistakes, National has...
View Article2008 redux: Farewell Awards
This is my last column for the time being as I have a book to finish. I have enjoyed the opportunity of writing for Pundit and believe Tim and Eleanor’s site has proven a quality addition to on-line...
View ArticlePrepare for the SM onslaught
The battle lines over the referendum on MMP are chrystal clear now that the Judith Tizard list fiasco has washed over the body politic.read more
View ArticleIt's all about 2014
As polls continue to show National postioned to govern alone just two weeks out from the election, voters are going to have to confront a stark choice. Do they want any government, let alone this one,...
View ArticlePM's referendum comments unwise and manipulative
I was staggered to hear on television Prime Minister John Key say that although he was "not entirely unhappy" with MMP, he intended to vote for change. The PM said while he likes proportionality, he...
View Article2012 Apocalypse Edition: The Year of the Black Dragon
The dragon is a sign of power, virility, of the yang. I suppose the signs of it have been everywhere but it’s taken me all year to catch up to their rhythm.read more
View ArticleThe frayed orthodoxy
There is a scene in Bladerunner’ where the beautiful android Pris, played by Daryl Hannah, is shot and goes into a furious and wild death thrash, with her limbs flaying all over the show as her short...
View ArticleKnights & Dames
There is plenty about our new government to analyse, not least the fragility of its two wings. We have a Maori Party claiming a mandate that far exceeds the fractiously stark reality of just how few...
View ArticleOde To Hunter S. Thompson
I’ve had the dreaded lurgy for a week. Rugged up at home my companion has been Hunter S.read more
View ArticleThe problem of partisan noise
The only way to start this column is by admitting I’m part of the problem, with the problem being defined as the sheer noise of democratic discourse in contemporary society complicating attempts at...
View ArticleThe Beltway Blues: Random Thoughts from Inside the Bubble
The first week of our new government has been highly instructive. Given nine years to think about its approach to governing, and given the same period to learn from Labour’s mistakes, National has...
View Article2008 redux: Farewell Awards
This is my last column for the time being as I have a book to finish. I have enjoyed the opportunity of writing for Pundit and believe Tim and Eleanor’s site has proven a quality addition to on-line...
View ArticlePrepare for the SM onslaught
The battle lines over the referendum on MMP are chrystal clear now that the Judith Tizard list fiasco has washed over the body politic.read more
View ArticleIt's all about 2014
As polls continue to show National postioned to govern alone just two weeks out from the election, voters are going to have to confront a stark choice. Do they want any government, let alone this one,...
View ArticlePM's referendum comments unwise and manipulative
I was staggered to hear on television Prime Minister John Key say that although he was "not entirely unhappy" with MMP, he intended to vote for change. The PM said while he likes proportionality, he...
View Article2012 Apocalypse Edition: The Year of the Black Dragon
The dragon is a sign of power, virility, of the yang. I suppose the signs of it have been everywhere but it’s taken me all year to catch up to their rhythm.read more
View ArticleThe frayed orthodoxy
There is a scene in Bladerunner’ where the beautiful android Pris, played by Daryl Hannah, is shot and goes into a furious and wild death thrash, with her limbs flaying all over the show as her short...
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