It is too easy to react to a problem rather than to tackle it thoughtfully.
Read MoreThinking Slow Or Thinking Fast?
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What Do Economists Do?
Steven Levitt, famous for his Freakanomics, shows that being an economist is not just mouthing supply and demand.
Read MoreBullying's long shadow is cast across Sam Uffindell and the National Party
Sam Uffindell’s confession to being a bully is admirable, but it creates some major political problems for National and will raise questions for victims of bullying, including me
Read MoreHere we may see what Men for Stealth and Robbing must endure ...
A peripheral group of political zealots want to introduce the UK's approach to punishing burglary into NZ. Except they don't really want to do that at all.
Read MoreThe Scott Guy murder case - my comments on Watkin's initial thoughts
The point at which Pundit gets all meta, with a post commenting on another post ... or, my thoughts on Tim's initial thoughts on the Ewen Macdonald trial verdict.
Read MoreNew Zealand's strange relationship with prisons
New Zealand is widely perceived as a safe country and yet we don't seem to feel safe -- and 20,000 Kiwis spend time in prison each year
Read MoreWould a poll of any other words smell as sweet?
A dinner-time phone call from a Tory pollster sparks some thoughts about the wording of political questions and the biases that appear between the words
Read MoreThe Greatest Show in Town's Final Curtain
David Bain's retrial is now in the hands of the jury. Their verdict will bring down the curtain on a superb piece of legal theatre
Read MoreWhy everyone should watch The Wire. Really.
I know there are few things more insufferable than hearing about a person's favourite television show, but you really, really, really need to watch The Wire
Read MoreThe first 100 days – a list without a strategy
The story of the government's first hundred days is one of confidence over strategy and a hail Mary attitude that could cost us in the long run
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