The internet is filled with disagreeable people. People whose opinions I have difficulty respecting, because those opinions are so offensive to reason. However, I’ve always tried to engage sensibly with those views I disagree with. I have always believed that changing minds through intelligent discourse is more productive than shouting at people. And yet the…
A number of commentators have suggested that Labour leader David Shearer’s speech last week is evidence of a move by Labour to the right. At first I was not convinced with any of the arguments, and I dismissed them as baseless speculation. It seemed to me that what few policy hints Shearer gave out rooted…
A new column from The Christ on life, the afterlife, and politics. I may be the Messiah, but nobody’s perfect. Like most of you mere foolish mortals, I also get pissed off when someone steals my limelight. That’s why I’m struggling to feel any sympathy for the plight of embattled Auckland mayor Len Brown. He’s…
The main political parties have traded accusations of politicising public holidays and the Rugby World Cup. The claims and counterclaims come during an increasingly bitter election campaign. Both main political parties have used social media to accuse the other of breaking electoral rules. On Thursday prominent National Party affiliated blogger and columnist David Farrar claimed…
So it turns out Adolf Hitler* was interested in cricket. The future leader of Nazi Germany was taught the basics of the game by First World War POWs, BBC broadcaster John Simpson found. But according to his new book about 20th century reporting, the corporation’s World Affairs Editor discovered the Fuhrer later became frustrated with…
Tests on a skull fragment thought to be from the body of Adolf Hitler, appear to show it is from a woman. The fragment, complete with bullet hole, was dug up by the Russians in 1946 outside Hitler’s bunker. Test results show the DNA is that of a woman. An examination of the fragment suggests she…
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