Tag: Donald Trump
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Watching from afar, we are witnessing the cratering of the venerable Washington Post under its billionaire ownership and recent subservience to the extremes of...
“To see what is in front of one’s nose is a...
I stop at the large orange banner inside the front door of the Waiheke Library, asking me to vote in the local elections. Don’t...
Freedom
Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose
This is an island where even those of us who have borne witness to massive citizen...
Illiberal democracy
We are embarrassing ourselves – rabbits in the headlights of dehumanising global forces and seemingly powerless to formulate a response to an existential threat...
‘Don’t harm people and don’t take their stuff’
Over a cup of coffee, as I faced this week’s cacophony of current global political discourse, I came face to face with a well-groomed...
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By now, most of us know Donald Trump has a bronze bust of Winston Churchill in his office. The bust, by Jacob Epstein, has...
“In hindsight, we should have bought a bigger truck”
“It’s a heartbreak for the teams in Ukraine, from senior government officials, military commanders, civic leaders, hospital and emergency personnel and humanitarian aid workers...
The Whole Of The Moon
I pictured a rainbow
You held it in your hands
I had flashes
But you saw the plan
I wandered out in the world for years
While you just...
“This is going to kill a lot of people”
Has Donald Trump really been US President for less than a month? It feels so much longer.
How many of his imperial edicts will affect...
The good, the bad and the ugly
Given the astonishing ubiquity of our technological capabilities these days, I may have been one of the last humans on earth to learn the...
