The acquittal of Ewen Macdonald on Tuesday has reignited debate over whether we should adopt the “Scottish Verdict” as part of our criminal justice system. I’m not a fan of Scottish innovations generally, particularly the kilt or the bagpipe. The sound of a highland bagpipe band can be most stirring, but when played badly the…
Form a government after campaigning on a platform of partial asset sales. Pass legislation to implement the partial asset sales plan. INVADE POLAND!
One of the biggest drawbacks of our democratic system is that it encourages politicking. This is a problem because whenever a major issue is before the public we get bombarded with opposing points of view. It’s bad enough that we have left vs. right, but we can’t even agree how left the left parties are,…
Everyone’s favourite libertarian authoritarian returns with a hard-hitting column I don’t watch a lot of Parliament TV, because I find my days are full enough as it is. It’s all too easy to lose oneself for up to half a day browsing through the Solo Passion site, so what I don’t need are more distractions.…
The announcement by Fairfax today that it is moving much of its content behind a paywall demonstrates that subscriptions sites are the future of the newspaper business. Who wouldn’t pay good money to read the latest celebrity news and Michael Laws columns? So convinced am I that Fairfax’s new business model does not signal the…
The coach of the Greek football team is hailing the decision to bail his team out as an “historic moment”. Intense negotiations between Greece and UEFA officials over the last two days have resulted in an announcement that Greece will be the recipient of a bailout package. Greece’s need for external help became all the more apparent…
I thought I’d take a look at who might form the eighth Labour government, because it’s always interesting to speculate on our future leaders. The next Labour government will be the sixth, so the eighth is a few years away. Possibly 20 or 30 years away. But already we are seeing the emergence of some…
The Sun will continue to shine New Zealand has been enjoying a long period of uninterrupted sunlight, and this looks likely to continue until at least 2014. Despite some parts of the country experiencing rain or heavy cloud cover, the light of the Sun continues to reach almost every part of New Zealand. The abundance…
Most people know about about Godwin’s Law. In short (quoting Wikipedia), this adage states: “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.” Here are a few other internet forum laws with particular relevance to the New Zealand scene. Slater’s Law: this is similar to Godwin’s law.…
I’m all about the love, is me. I don’t mean the sort I have to pay for, though at least that way I get to choose what I want and how I want it done, and get to skip that tedious period before the action starts trying to warm her engine, so to speak. No,…
Imperator Fish 
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