An inflation crisis of the Government’s making
What if the same politicians now trying to save us from high prices caused our current situation? [...]
2022
Self-absorbed West needs reality check on actual existential threats
It may be a good time for a reality check, especially in Western industrialised countries. Perhaps they worry and feel helpless about things that, though bad, may not pose the most existential threats. [...]
Transparency, please
Now, New Zealand is not a developing country. But we do not want to become one, either. [...]
Central planning through the backdoor
If you thought central planning was buried with the fall of communism, you should look at the European Union. [...]
Taxonomic vandalism, EU-style
When the EU embarked on developing its own taxonomy, maybe it should have consulted with a few biologists. That may have prevented it from creating a monster. [...]
Intentionally blank
The world needs more courage to draw a blank. Intentionally. [...]
Boris Johnson flies close to the sun as Icarus in Downing Street
Johnson was respected, even loved, for being Boris, the clown-like persona he had created. But that ‘Boris’ character had little in common with the real Johnson. [...]
Our final Groundhog Day?
Unlike Groundhog Day, there is nothing funny about Covid. But just as in Groundhog Day, it will all eventually be over. Hopefully, this year. [...]
Russia has won the war without firing a single shot
Putin may have just built up the threat of an invasion as a bluff. And why would he now want to risk economic sanctions following a war when he has already achieved his major objectives without one? [...]