Category Archives: Society

A New Zealand good-news-story

Posted on August 17, 2017 by admin

 Good-news-story New Zealand style Watching the 6 o’clock news on a Sunday night you expect a good news story somewhere to end the weekend on a positive note. Last Sunday the state broadcaster TVNZ managed the impossible feat of literally knitting the worst of the worst … Continue reading →

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The New Zealand I fell in love with is gone

Posted on August 8, 2017 by admin

Neo-liberalism the source of most evil The other day I talked to my political correspondent up North and I raved about the ills of these times. I was talking about all the mundane things everyone is concerned about especially during … Continue reading →

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The world gone mad or is it just me ?

Posted on July 19, 2016 by admin

A mad world out there where ever we look The year 2016 is shaping up as one of the craziest in living memory. And mine goes back to World War II. Bristol Mural That was the opening sentence of this … Continue reading →

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Neoliberalism: The Beast Thou shall not name

Posted on May 5, 2016 by admin

Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems One of the most interesting pieces I read recently was by George Monbiot in The Guardian about Neoliberalism – the ideology at the root of all our problems It opened … Continue reading →

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“Criminal” gang shows more compassion than Government

Posted on April 4, 2016 by admin

Dangerous Drug Laws There is no law more harmful to the common good than the drug laws still enforced in most countries around the world including New Zealand. The hideous thing about it is the fact that they have been deliberately designed to … Continue reading →

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One picture worth a 1000 words

Posted on March 17, 2016 by admin

Recently former first lady Nancy Reagan – the one who introduced astrology into all the important White House decision making – has died. At her funeral this photo was taken : President Bush II & Hillary Clinton If there was … Continue reading →

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US Supreme Court Justice Scalia’s Valentine’s Gift

Posted on February 16, 2016 by admin

Is it a gift to New Zealand ? If we like it or not the US Supreme Court matters to us in New Zealand as much as the rest of the “Western” world. We just signed the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement … Continue reading →

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Waitangi Week with a Happy Ending

Posted on February 8, 2016 by admin

Lets not get into the annual Waitangi Day racist redneck rants of the uneducated idiots populating our media. They are just a sad indictment of their barren minds and of their media handlers’ desire to find an ever lower common … Continue reading →

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Opotiki – New Zealand’s Colonial Past & Present

Posted on January 21, 2016 by admin

Summertime in Opotiki During the summer break we visited Opotiki for just a couple of hours.  The small Eastern Bay of Plenty town made a deep impression on me. Our friend a local school teacher got his car fixed and we … Continue reading →

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Church of Neoliberalism

Posted on January 5, 2016 by admin

Traditional Religions I was baptised and raised as a Christian with Sunday school and later confirmation. To be precise I was a Protestant, which according to Monty Python’s “Meaning of Life” allowed me to buy condoms. However before I ever had … Continue reading →

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