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During my stay in London this year I have, besides looking at churches, been going to the theatre.
Jun 8
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In New Zealand too, politicians are disconnected from the people they represent. Here's what we can do about it
We should be doing more to ensure real citizen participation in politics rather than just voting at general elections
May 29
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What I learned from visiting almost 50 London churches
This year so far, to paraphrase the bedraggled, shed-dwelling Mark Williams character from The Fast Show, I have been mostly visiting churches.
May 25
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Another academic freedom case
Mar 28
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Pyramid schemes
Apr 28, 2023
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Oh, the Humanities
Sep 1, 2023
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Classics and the new research on the West
Aug 18, 2024
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New Zealand's Parliament has been under-sized for about 135 years years now
Jan 28
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What I learned from visiting almost 50 London churches
May 25
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Victoria University of Wellington's new vice-chancellor doesn't understand free speech
Victoria University of Wellington, which has a questionable recent record on academic freedom, recently announced that they have appointed a new…
May 17
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Gordon Brown's Equality Act needs to be reformed (but not repealed)
In April 2010, in the dying days of his premiership, Gordon Brown passed the Equality Act, which he had promised to implement in Labour’s 2005 election…
May 10
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How to work well with others
This piece originally appeared more than a year ago, in the April 17th issue of the New Zealand Initiative Insights newsletter.
May 1
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Why Māori is like Latin
This article first appeared on Plain Sight on April 19th 2023. A slightly longer version was posted on Open Inquiry on May 23rd 2023. I re-post the…
Apr 25
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Is Democracy Western? The Case of Sortition
Earlier this week, I finally finished my video on the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, and the surprising links that it has with Jewish festivals and…
Apr 17
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Further Thoughts on Mac Sweeney's West
A few weeks ago my review of Naoíse Mac Sweeney’s book The West: A New History in Fourteen Lives appeared in Quillette. As often when I write reviews, I…
Apr 12
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Against assassination
Should we murder our enemies, or wait until we can just kill them?
Apr 3
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