The tyranny of the dishonest and stupid.
One theme in the literature dedicated to democratic theory is the notion of a “tyranny of the minority.” This is where the desire to protect the interests of and give […]
conspiracy theories
An Open Letter to the ACT Party Regarding Candidate Selection
Dear ACT Party Leaders, As you may know, I was brought up in Wanganui, and keep an eye on events there. So it was with great interest that I received […]
Climate credibility fail
I’ve remained largely silent on the so-called ClimateGate thus far, mostly out of an abject lack of expertise to judge the whys and wherefores of it all. It’s science, I’m […]
Deeply subversive
Some of you will know that I take perverse joy in waking up to Geoff Robinson and Sean Plunket each morning,* and I regard Sean as one of the country’s […]
Wanting to believe
Now that Barack Obama’s Kenyan ‘birth certificate’ has been revealed as a fairly simple forgery, you’d reckon the birther nutcases would crawl back into their holes in shame, right? Not […]