Who should lead reconstruction in Afghanistan?
The American exit from Afghanistan was as chaotic and reckless as its invasion of the country 20 years ago – and again it was Afghani civilians who paid the price.
Setting the Agenda
Political analysis and commentary shaping the progressive debate in Aotearoa New Zealand, focused on power, policy, and accountability.
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PODCAST: After Afghanistan Should US security partners question this Coalition of the Willing – Buchanan + Manning
https://youtu.be/W8iDrwZZkRc A View from Afar – In this week’s podcast, Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning discuss: with the United…
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What To Make Of National Making A Fool Of Itself Over Demands For “Tactile” Democracy – And Its Subsequent, Spurious Suspension Suggestion
National is now complaining that Labour compromised and allowed National to have what National claimed it wanted.
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MUST READ: Ice-Cream Dreams
May God forgive us.
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Covid diary
You won`t quite believe this. A woman I know in a small Coromandel town was rung by a community person -`how are you doing in lockdown,are you ok?` The caller then proceeded to quote from the book of Revelation.
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Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes For Commentariat Under Covid
Something I recall from last year’s Lockdown experience was the press conferences. Not, you understand, because they were pretty decent exemplars in political communication (although they were also that).
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Dr Liz Gordon: The common cold and other coronaviruses
Fairly early on in what became the global pandemic of the novel (new) coronavirus known as Covid-19, debate turned to finding a cure. I remember wondering about that at the time, because, well, the common cold is a set of coronaviruses, and there hasn’t been much luck in finding a cure for that, has there?
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10 Conclusions from the Delta Outbreak (so far)
Delta has finally made its way to Aotearoa New Zealand to see out locations of interest. As of now, case numbers are growing, and a lack of certainty abounds.
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“No Jab, No Job!” – Preventing The Injury Of All By One
ALL TRADE UNIONISTS are familiar with the slogan: “An injury to one is an injury to all.”
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A Disturbing Preoccupation: Why the Right-Wing Media Hates Jacinda’s Covid Elimination Strategy.
THERE IS SOMETHING DECIDEDLY SINISTER about the way the right-wing media is pursuing the “elimination strategy is madness” argument so doggedly.